| FA | false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femor... |
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| FCI | fixed-cell immunofluorescence; food chemical intolerance |
| FCT | food composition table; fucosyl transferase |
| FDA | fluorescein diacetate; Food and Drug Administration; right frontoanterior [position of the fetus] |
| FDCPA | Food, Drug, and Consumer Product Agency |
| DAF | drug-admixed food |
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| FR | food restricted |
| the act | the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act |
| tetraethyl poisoning | Pb(C2H5)4; tetraethylplumbane;an anti-knock compound added to motor fuel; has a toxic action causing anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, tremors, muscular weakness, insomnia, irritability, nervousness, and anxiety; death may occur. Synonym: lead tetraethyl. (05 Mar 2000) Previous: tetraethylammonium, tetraethylammonium chloride, tetraethylammonium ionNext: tetraethyl lead, tetraethylmonothionopyrophosphatetetraethyl poisoning -->tetraethyl lead <chemical> Tetraethylplumbane. A highly toxic compound used as a gasoline additive. It causes acute toxic psychosis or chronic poisoning if inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Chemical name: Plumbane, tetraethyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| thallium poisoning | A condition characterised by vomiting, diarrhoea, leg pains, and severe sensorimotor polyneuropathy; about three weeks after poisoning, temporary extensive loss of hair typically occurs; usually occurs after accidental ingestion of a rodenticide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ergot poisoning | A syndrome brought on by the consumption of bread (notably rye) contaminated by the ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea (rye smut), the source of numerous ergot alkaloids. The effects observed include peripheral vascular constriction leading to gangrene, partial paralysis with numbing, tingling and burning in the limbs, feeble pulse, restlessness, stupor or delirium. Can prove fatal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turpentine poisoning | Poisoning from oil of turpentine; symptoms include haematuria, albuminuria, and coma; the urine may have an odour of violets. Synonym: terebinthinism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc poisoning | <disease> Symptoms of zinc poisoning include chills, fever, headache and vomiting. (11 May 1997) |
| fescue poisoning | Poisoning by a toxic principle in tall fescue grass; mainly a disease of cattle, but sheep are sometimes affected; lameness in the hind feet is first noticed, followed by necrosis of the extremities. Synonym: fescue poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluoride poisoning | Gen or unspecified fluoride; prefer /pois with specific fluoride term (12 Dec 1998) |
| lead poisoning | <pharmacology> An environment hazard (for example, from lead-containing paint, leaded gasoline,etc) capable of causing brain damage. (25 Jun 1999) |
| lecheguilla poisoning | A plant toxaemia of sheep and goats in western Texas, southeastern New Mexico, and northern Mexico caused by eating Agave lecheguilla; there is liver damage resulting in icterus, sometimes haemoglobinuria, and often death, and photosensitivity with oedema, swelling, and crusting of the face and ears. Synonym: swellhead. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute epidemic conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for an acute conjunctivitis marked by intense hyperaemia and profuse mucopurulent discharge. Synonym: acute epidemic conjunctivitis, pinkeye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute epidemic leukoencephalitis | A disease characterised by acute onset of fever, followed by convulsions, delirium, and coma, and associated with perivascular demyelination and haemorrhagic foci in the central nervous system. Synonym: acute primary haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis, Strumpell's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behavioural epidemic | An epidemic originating in behavioural patterns (in contrast to invading microorganisms); examples include medieval dancing mania, episodes of crowd panic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| person to person epidemic | An epidemic resulting from person to person contact, characterised by a gradual rise and fall in number of cases. (09 Oct 1997) |
| common-source epidemic | <microbiology> An epidemic resulting from infection of a large number of people from a single contaminated source. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pleurodynia, epidemic | An acute, febrile, infectious disease generally occurring in epidemics, most often seen in persons under the age of 20. It is usually caused by coxsackie viruses b and sometimes by coxsackie viruses a, echoviruses, and other enteroviruses. (12 Dec 1998) |