| family planning policy | A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and future decisions on population control by limiting the number of children or controlling fertility, notably through family planning and contraception within the nuclear family. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| family practice | A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family practice physician | <specialist> A physician expert in the management of a wide scope of health problems in adults and children. Once referred to as a general practitioner or family physician. (27 Sep 1997) |
| family predisposition | <genetics> A disease or condition that is present in a blood relative (grandparent, parent or sibling). (27 Sep 1997) |
| family relations | Behavioural, psychological, and social relations among various members of the nuclear family and the extended family. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family therapy | A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session. (12 Dec 1998) |
| famine | General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." "There was a famine in the land." (Gen. Xxvi. <medicine> 1) Famine fever, typhus fever. Origin: F. Famine, fr. L. Fames hunger; cf. Gr. Want, need, Skr. Hani loss, lack, ha to leave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| famine dropsy | Oedema occurring with the hypoproteinaemia of low protein intake occurring as starvation of a large population group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| famine fever | An acute infection characterised by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition has worldwide distribution and is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| famish | 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. 2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger. "And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread." (Cen. Xli. 55) "The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel." (Dryden) 3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. "And famish him of breath, if not of bread." (Milton) 4. To force or constrain by famine. "He had famished Paris into a surrender." (Burke) Origin: OE. Famen; cf. OF. Afamer, L. Fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| famotidine | <chemical> 3-(((2-((aminoiminomethyl)amino)-4-thiazolyl)methyl)thio)-n-(aminosulfonyl)propanimidamide. A competitive histamine h2-receptor antagonist. Its main pharmacodynamic effect is the inhibition of gastric secretion. The drug does not affect cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, pancreatic exocrine, or gastrointestinal motility functions. No clinically important interactions with other drugs have been described. It is an effective agent in the therapy of duodenal, gastric, and peptic ulcer, as well as of zollinger-ellison syndrome. Pharmacological action: anti-ulcer agents, histamine h2 antagonists. Chemical name: Propanimidamide, 3-(((2-((aminoiminomethyl)amino)-4-thiazolyl)methyl)thio)-N-(aminosulfonyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| famotine hydrochloride | 1-[(p-Chlorophenoxy)methyl]-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline hydrochloride;an antiviral agent. (05 Mar 2000) |