| FF | degree of fineness of abrasive particles; fat-free; father factor; fecal frequency; fertility factor... |
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| FP | false positive; family physician; family planning; family practice; family practitioner; Fanconi pan... |
| GCFT | gonococcal/gonorrhea complement fixation test |
| IF | idiopathic fibroplasia; idiopathic flushing; immersion foot; immunofluorescence; indirect fluorescen... |
| IMF | idiopathic myelofibrosis; immunofluorescence; intermaxillary fixation; intermediate filament |
| nonfenestrated forceps | <instrument> Obstetrical forceps without openings in the blades, thus facilitating rotation of the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| DeBakey forceps | Nontraumatic forceps used to pick up blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental forceps | <dentistry> Forceps used to luxate teeth and remove them from the alveolus. Synonym: extracting forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dressing forceps | A forceps for general use in dressing wounds, removing fragments of necrosed tissue, small foreign bodies, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obstetrical forceps | An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. (12 Dec 1998) |
| O'Hara forceps | Two slender clamp forceps's held together by a serrefine, once used in intestinal anastomosis; now obsolete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| outlet forceps delivery | Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head when it has reached the perineal floor and is visible between contractions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tarnier's forceps | A type of axis-traction forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tenaculum forceps | A forceps with jaws armed each with a sharp, straight hook like a tenaculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thumb forceps | A spring forceps used by compression with thumb and forefinger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular forceps | A long slender forceps intended for use through a cannula or other tubular instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tucker-McLean forceps | A type of axis-traction forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Evans forceps | A thumb forceps with points designed to resemble a needle holder, used to grasp curved needles during various suture procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jeweller's forceps | A small thumb forceps with very fine pointed blades, used to grasp tissues in microsurgical procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracting forceps | <dentistry> Forceps used to luxate teeth and remove them from the alveolus. Synonym: extracting forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |