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Face Ague

Tic douloureux A form of neuralgia, which occurs in the nerves of the face

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Facial

The surface of a tooth directed toward the cheeks or lips (ie, the buccal and labial surfaces) and opposite the lingual surface

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Facial Palsy

Inability to move the muscles of the face, usually on only one side, due to inflammation of a nerve

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Factor Viii

A protein synthesized by the liver that is necessary for proper blood clotting

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Failure To Thrive

Describes a baby who grows and gains weight slower than expected

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Fainting Fit

Syncope; A fainting fit attended with a complete abolition of sensation and thought

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Falling of the Bowels

Prolapsus Ani; In this complaint a portion of the bowels protrudes from the anus It is generally caused by a relaxed state of the body, or debility of the part, piles, drastic purgatives, or violent s...

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Fallopian Tube

Either of two long, slender ducts connecting a woman's uterus to her ovaries, where eggs are transported from the ovaries to the uterus and sperm may fertilize an egg

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False Croup

A spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane

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False-Negative

A negative test result in a person who has the disease or condition being tested Contrast with false-positive

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False-Positive

A positive test result in a person who does not have the disease or condition being tested Contrast with false- negative

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Familial

A term describing a disorder or characteristic (such as male pattern baldness) that occurs within a family more often than would be expected

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Famine Fever

Typhus, a contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body Also called jai...

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Farcy

A disease in which numerous small tumors suppurate and form ulcers It occurs in the horse, ass and mule; and is often communicated by contagion to men attending on those animals In its aggravated form...

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Farcy Bud

A hard, prominent swelling occurring upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by ulceration

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Farmer's Lung

A type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, characterized by breathlessness with cyanosis or with a dry cough, anorexia, and weight loss It is most often associated ...

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Fascia

Sheet of connective tissue that interpenetrates and surrounds muscles, bones, organs, nerves, blood vessels and other structures

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Fascial

Related to a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating or binding together muscles, organs and other soft tissue structures of the body

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Fasciculation

An involuntary muscle contraction

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Fasciitis

Inflammation of the layer of connective tissue that covers, separates, and supports muscles

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Fat Soluble

Capable of being dissolved in fat Contrast water-soluble

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Fatigue

Unusual, prolonged, or excessive tiredness

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Fatty Acid

Any of a number of carbon-, oxygen-, and hydrogen-containing molecules that make up fats

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Fatty Degeneration

The accumulation of fat globules within the cells of a bodily organ, such as the liver or heart, resulting in deterioration of tissue and diminished functioning of the affected organ

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Fatty Liver

One affected with fatty infiltration, usually from alcohol abuse, jejunoileal bypass surgery, or occasionally diabetes mellitus; fat is in large droplets and the liver is enlarged but of normal consis...

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Favus

Tinea Favosa; Tinea favosa is a chronic dermatophyte infection of the scalp and, less commonly, of the glabrous skin and nails. In most cases, favus is due to Trichophyton schoenleinii which is an ant...

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Febricula

A slight transient fever of doubtful etiology, unattended by any characteristic lesions, and terminating in recovery in from twenty-four hours to seven days

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Febrile

Having a fever or increased body temperature

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Fecal Occult Blood Test

A test that uses a piece of chemically sensitive paper to detect blood in a stool sample; used to screen for possible signs of cancer in the large intestine or rectum

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Fecal-Oral Route

A route of transmission of infectious organisms which involves the transfer of fecal matter to the mouth—for example, by ingesting contaminated food or water, oral/anal sex

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Feces

Excrement; excreted waste matter

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Feeblemindedness

Former name for mental retardation The feebleminded were divided into three grades: idiots, with a mental age below two years; imbeciles, with a mental age between two and seven years; and morons, wit...

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Feebleness

The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

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Feline Distemper

A disease similar to canine distemper in cats characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea leading to dehydration, and sometimes death

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