| forensic medicine | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| forensic odontology | The application of dental knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| forensic psychiatry | Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony. (12 Dec 1998) |
| forensic psychology | The application of psychology to legal matters in a court of law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foreplay | Stimulative sexual activity preceding sexual intercourse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forepleasure | Sexual pleasure resulting from the foreplay that precedes the genital-orgastic pleasure in sexual intercourse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forequarter amputation | Amputation of the arm with removal of the scapula and a portion of the clavicle. Synonym: interscapulothoracic amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foreshow | To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. "Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart." (Shak) "Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day foreshows." (Denham) Origin: AS. Foresceawian to foresee, provide; fore + sceawian to see. See Show. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| foreskin | <anatomy> The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| foreslow | To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. See: Forslow. (06 Mar 1998) |
| forest | 1. <ecology> An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. 2. A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own. 3. <zoology> One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly. A fly of the genus Hippobosca, especially. H. Equina. See Horse tick. Forest glade, a grassy space in a forest. Forest laws, laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc, in forests. Forest tree, a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree. Origin: OF. Forest, F. Foret, LL. Forestis, also, forestus, forestum, foresta, prop, open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. Foris, foras, out of doors. (04 Apr 1998) |
| forest health | A condition of ecosystem sustainability and attainment of management objectives for a given forest area. Usually considered to include green trees, snags, resilient stands growing at a moderate rate, and endemic levels of insects and disease. Natural processes still function or are duplicated through management intervention. (05 Dec 1998) |
| forest plan | The document that sets goals, objectives, desired future condition, standards and guidelines, and overall programmatic direction for a National Forest. Required by the National Forest Management act of 1976. (05 Dec 1998) |
| forest residue | Material not harvested or removed from logging sites in commercial hardwood and softwood stands as well as material resulting from forest management operations such as precommercial thinnings and removal of dead and dying trees. (05 Dec 1998) |
| forest yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |