| Fusobacterium mortiferum | Sphaerophorus mortiferus;a species found in various infections in humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fusobacterium necrophorum | A species of gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria isolated from the natural cavities of man and other animals and from necrotic lesions, abscesses, and blood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fusobacterium nucleatum | A species of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the gingival margin and sulcus and from infections of the upper respiratory tract and pleural cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fusobacterium plauti | A species found in the buccal cavity; also found in cultures of Entamoeba histolytica. Synonym: Eubacterium plauti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusocellular | Spindle-celled. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusogenic vesicle | <cell biology> A liposome (artificially-created vesicle) whose outer wall contains molecules (such as the F protein) that cause cell fusion, especially fusion between somatic cells (any cell that is not a gamete). (09 Oct 1997) |
| fusospirochetal | Referring to the associated fusiform and spirochetal organisms such as those found in the lesions of Vincent's angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusospirochetal disease | <disease> Infection of the mouth and/or pharynx associated with fusiform bacilli and spirochetes, commonly part of the normal flora of the mouth. See: necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusospirochetal gingivitis | An acute or recurrent gingivitis of young and middle-aged adults characterised clinically by gingival erythema and pain, fetid odour, and necrosis and sloughing of interdental papillae and marginal gingiva which gives rise to a gray pseudomembrane; fever, regional lymphadenopathy, and other systemic manifestations also may be present. A fusiform bacillus and Treponema vincentii can be isolated from the gingival tissues in large numbers and are felt to play a significant but poorly defined role in the pathogenesis. Synonym: fusospirochetal gingivitis, trench mouth, ulceromembranous gingivitis, Vincent's disease, Vincent's infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusospirochetal stomatitis | Infection of the mouth with spirochetal organisms, usually in association with other anaerobes. See: Vincent's angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fustet | The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange colour, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Origin: F. Fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. Fustete), LL. Fustetus, fr. L. Fustis stick, in LL, tree, See 1st Fust, and cf. Fustic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fustic | The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; called also old fustic. Alternative forms: fustoc. Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called young fustic to distinguish it from the Maclura. See Fustet. Origin: F. Fustoc, Sp. Fustoc. Cf. Fustet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fustigation | A form of massage consisting in beating the surface with light rods. Origin: L. Fustigo, pp. -atus, to beat with a cudgel (05 Mar 2000) |