| full breech presentation | The thighs may be flexed on the abdomen and the legs upon the thighs, in footling presentation foot presentation the feet may be the lowest part; in incomplete foot presentation, incomplete knee presentation, one leg may retain the position which is typical of one of the above-mentioned presentations, while the other foot or knee may present. Synonym: pelvic presentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| full denture | A dental prosthesis which is a substitute for the lost natural dentition and associated structures of the maxillae or mandible. Synonym: full denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| full liquid diet | A diet consisting only of liquids but including cream soups, ice cream, and milk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| full orthodontic treatment | <dentistry> Getting braces (08 Jan 1998) |
| full-blooded | 1. Having a full supply of blood. 2. Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| full-hearted | Full of courage or confidence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| full-thickness burn | A burn involving destruction of the entire skin; deep third-degree burns extend into subcutaneous fat, muscle, or bone and often cause much scarring. Synonym: full-thickness burn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| full-thickness flap | A flap of the full thickness of mucosa and submucosa or of skin and subcutaneous tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| full-thickness graft | A graft of the full thickness of mucosa and submucosa or of skin and subcutaneous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuller's earth | An amorphous variety of kaolin of varying composition, containing an aluminum magnesium silicate. The name is derived from an ancient process of cleansing or "fulling" wool to remove the oil and dirt particles with a water slurry of earth or clay. A refined clay sometimes used as a dusting powder or applied moistened with water as a form of poultice. Currently refers to any clay that can be used for the purpose of decolorizing in oil refining. Used as decoloriser for oils and other liquids, filtering medium, filler for rubber, and in agricultural formulations. Origin: fr. Fulling, an old process of cleaning wool, with earth or clay (05 Mar 2000) |
| fullerene | <chemistry> One of a class of hollow, cagelike compounds composed of carbon atoms arranged in patterns of hexagons and pentagons which are shaped like spheres or cylinders. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fulling | The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fulmar | <ornithology> One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea). Origin: Icel. Fulmar. See foul, and Man a gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fulmiaic | <chemistry> Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically, pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic acid. <chemistry> Fulminic acid, a complex acid, H2C2N2O2, isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free state, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc. Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol. Origin: Cf. F. Fulminique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fulminant | Occurring suddenly, with lightning-like rapidity, and with great intensity or severity; applied to certain pains, e.g., those of tabes dorsalis. Compare: fulgurant. Origin: L. Fulmino, pp. -atus, to hurl lightning, fr. Fulmen, lightning (05 Mar 2000) |