| filiciform | Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Origin: L. Filix, -icis, fern: cf. F. Filiciforme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| filicoid | <botany> Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction. Origin: L. Filix, -icis, fern: cf. F. Filicoiide. <botany> A fernlike plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| filiform | Thread-like. (09 Oct 1997) |
| filiform adnatum | Congenital adhesion of the upper and lower eyelid by bands of tissue. Synonym: filiform adnatum. Origin: ankylo-+ G. Blepharon, eyelid (05 Mar 2000) |
| filiform bougie | A very slender bougie usually used for gentle exploration of strictures or sinus tracts of small diameter where false passages can be encountered or created; the entering end can consist of either a straight or spiral tip, and the trailing end usually consists of a threaded cylinder into which the screw tip of a following bougie can be inserted. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filiform nucleus | A triangular group of large magnocellular neurons in the periventricular zone of the anterior half of the hypothalamus. The cells of the nucleus are similar to those of the supraoptic nucleus; the axons of about 20% of their number join in the formation of the supraopticohypophysial tract and are functionally associated with the posterior lobe of the hypophysis; they project fibres to the brainstem nuclei (dorsal motor nucleus and solitary nucleus) and to the intermediolateral cell column of the spinal cord at thoracic, lumbar, and spinal levels; similar descending autonomic fibres arise from the lateral and posterior hypothalamic nuclei. Synonym: nucleus paraventricularis, filiform nucleus, nucleus filiformis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filiform papillae | Curved tapering cone shaped body on the tongue of rodents, of which the epithelial cell columns have been investigated in detail. (18 Nov 1997) |
| filiform polyposis | <radiology> Benign, non-specific sequela of diffuse, severe mucosal inflammation, UC, Crohn's, XR: thin, straight filling defects, resembles stalks of polyps without heads (12 Dec 1998) |
| filiform pulse | A thready pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filiform wart | A wart composed of a single or many greatly elongated papillae; appears more commonly on the face and neck. Synonym: filiform wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filing | Collections of related records treated as a unit; ordering of such files. (12 Dec 1998) |
| filioparental | Pertaining to a child-parent relationship. Origin: L. Filius, son, + parens, parent, fr. Pario, to give birth (05 Mar 2000) |
| filipendulous | <botany> Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets. Origin: L. Filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. Pendre to hang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| filipin | <chemical> 4,6,8,10,12,14,16,27-octahydroxy-3-(1-hydroxyhexyl)-17,28-dimethoxyoxacyclooctacosa-17,19,21,23,25-pentaen-2-one (filipin III). A complex of polyene antibiotics obtained from streptomyces filipinensis. Filipin III alters membrane function by interfering with membrane sterols, inhibits mitochondrial respiration, and is proposed as an antifungal agent. Filipins I, II, and IV are less important. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral agents. Chemical name: Filipin III (12 Dec 1998) |
| fill | 1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of. "The rain also filleth the pools." (Ps. Lxxxiv. 6) "Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim." (John II. 7) 2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun. "And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas." (Gen. I. 22) "The Syrians filled the country." (1 Kings xx. 27) 3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. "Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?" (Matt. Xv. 33) "Things that are sweet and fat are more filling." (Bacon) 4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair. 5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. 6. To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails. 7. <engineering> To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures. To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss that fills up all the mind." "And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." Origin: OE. Fillen, fullen, AS. Fyllan, fr. Full full; akin to D. Vullen, G. Fullen, Icel. Fylla, Sw. Fylla, Dan. Fylde, Goth. Fulljan. See Full. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |