| Filatov's disease | <disease> An exanthem-producing infectious disease of childhood of unknown aetiology. Synonym: Filatov's disease, fourth disease, parascarlatina, scarlatinella, scarlatinoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Filatov's operation | An obsolete eponym for penetrating keratoplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov's spots | Small red spot's on the buccal mucous membrane, in the centre of each of which may be seen, in a strong light, a minute bluish white speck; they occur early in measles (morbilli), before the skin eruption, and are regarded as a pathognomonic sign of the disease. Synonym: Filatov's spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov, Nil | <person> Russian paediatrician, 1847-1902. See: Filatov's disease, Filatov's spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov, Vladimir | <person> Russian ophthalmologist, 1875-1956. See: Filatov flap, Filatov's operation, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov-Gillies flap | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filbert | 1. <botany> The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. 2. <zoology> Filbert gall, a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia). Origin: Perh. Fr. Fill + bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. Bartnuss (lit, bread nut) filbert; or perh. Named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season. (10 Mar 1998) |
| file | 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch. 2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. "Mock the nice touches of the critic's file." (Akenside) 3. A shrewd or artful person. "Will is an old file spite of his smooth face." (Thackeray) Bastard file, Cross file, etc. See Bastard, Cross, etc. Cross-cut file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. File blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. File cutter, a maker of files. Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. Smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface. Origin: AS. Feol; akin to D. Viji, OHG. Fila, fihala, G. Feile, Sw. Fil, Dan. Fiil, cf. Icel. L, Russ. Pila, and Skr. Pi to cut out, adorn; perh. Akin to E. Paint. To make ful; to defile. "All his hairy breast with blood was filed.Spenser." "For Banquo's issue have I filed mind.Shak." Origin: OE. Fulen, filen, foulen, AS. Flan, fr. Fl foul. See Foul, and cf. Defile, v.t. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| filefish | <zoology> Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| filensin | <protein> Protein (100 kD) isolated from lens fibre cells, membrane associated anchor for vimentin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| filgrastim | A haematopoietic growth factor which promotes proliferation and maturation of neutrophil granulocytes. Clinically it is effective in decreasing the incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive therapy or in reducing the duration of neutropenia and neutropenia-related clinical sequelae in patients with non-myeloid malignancies undergoing myeloblastive chemotherapy followed by bmt. It has also been used in aids patients with cmv retinitis being treated with ganciclovir. (gelman cr, rumack bh & hess aj (eds): drugdex(r) system.micromedex, inc., englewood, colourado (edition expires 11/30/95)) (12 Dec 1998) |
| filial | 1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience. 2. Bearing the relation of a child. "And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke." (Milton) Origin: L. Filialis, fr. Filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. Female, feminine. Cf. Fitz. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| filial generation | The offspring of a genetically specified mating: first filial generation (symbol F1), the offspring of parents of contrasting genotypes; second filial generation (F2), the offspring of two F1 individuals; third filial generation (F3), fourth filial generation (F4), etc., the offspring in succeeding generation's of continued inbreeding of F1 descendents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filicic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid. Origin: L. Filix, -icis, a fern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |