| FMP | faculty mentorship program; first menstrual period; fructose monophosphate |
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| FP | false positive; family physician; family planning; family practice; family practitioner; Fanconi pan... |
| FRP | follicle-stimulating hormone releasing protein; functional refractory period |
| HBP | heartbeat period; hepatic binding protein; high blood pressure; hospital-based practice |
| ICP | incubation period; indwelling catheter program; infantile cerebral palsy; infection-control practiti... |
| catacrotic pulse | A pulse in which there is an upward notch interrupting the descending limb of the sphygmogram. Synonym: pulsus catacrotus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| catadicrotic pulse | A catacrotic pulse in which there are two interrupting upward notches. Synonym: pulsus catadicrotus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| respiratory pulse | Waxing and waning of any pulsation produced by respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reversed paradoxical pulse | A pulse in which the amplitude increases with inspiration and decreases with expiration, as observed in some cases of tricuspid insufficiency and during A-V dissociation with sinus arrhythmia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Riegel's pulse | A pulse that diminishes in volume during expiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guttural pulse | A pulsation felt in the throat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water-hammer pulse | <radiology> Corrigan's sign: increased pulse at wrist, aortic insufficiency, widened pulse pressure due to increased stroke volume, diastolic regurgitation (12 Dec 1998) |
| monocrotic pulse | A pulse without any perceptible dicrotism. Synonym: pulsus monocrotus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| collapsing pulse | <radiology> Corrigan's sign: increased pulse at wrist, aortic insufficiency, widened pulse pressure due to increased stroke volume, diastolic regurgitation (12 Dec 1998) |
| piston pulse | <radiology> Corrigan's sign: increased pulse at wrist, aortic insufficiency, widened pulse pressure due to increased stroke volume, diastolic regurgitation (12 Dec 1998) |
| mousetail pulse | A pulse marked by a wave, the apex of which is reached suddenly and which then subsides very gradually. Synonym: mousetail pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| movable pulse | The lateral movement of a strongly pulsating tortuous artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plateau pulse | A slow, sustained pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wiry pulse | A small, fine, incompressible pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordy pulse | A hard, full pulse but without very wide excursions, resembling the vibration of a thick cord. Synonym: cordy pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |