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Foci
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FociPlural of focus. The origin or center of a disseminated disease.
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Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
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Frostbite
Damage to tissue as a result of exposure to freezing temperatures.
Fructose
Fruit sugar.
Fungus
A group of organisms that includes yeasts, molds and mushrooms.
Fluorescein angiograms
Photographs of the back of the eye, taken after a fluorescent dye is placed in the blood stream.ÿ This is used to test the circulation in the retina of the eye.
Focal
Limited to one specific area.
Foci
Fellow
A doctor who has completed medical school, internship and a residency, and has chosen to receive very specialized training in one particular treatment or research area.
Fasciculation
Involuntary contractions, or twitchings, of groups (fasciculi) of muscle fibers, a coarser form of muscular contraction than fibrillation.
Fomite
Objects, such as clothing, towels, and utensils that possibly harbor a disease agent and are capable of transmitting it.
Formalin
A 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde.
Fulminant hepatitis
Severe, rapidly progressive loss of hepatic function due to viral infection or other cause of inflammatory destruction of liver tissue.
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Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Frostbite
Damage to tissue as a result of exposure to freezing temperatures.
Fructose
Fruit sugar.
Fungus
A group of organisms that includes yeasts, molds and mushrooms.
Fluorescein angiograms
Photographs of the back of the eye, taken after a fluorescent dye is placed in the blood stream.ÿ This is used to test the circulation in the retina of the eye.
Focal
Limited to one specific area.
Foci
Fellow
A doctor who has completed medical school, internship and a residency, and has chosen to receive very specialized training in one particular treatment or research area.
Fasciculation
Involuntary contractions, or twitchings, of groups (fasciculi) of muscle fibers, a coarser form of muscular contraction than fibrillation.
Fomite
Objects, such as clothing, towels, and utensils that possibly harbor a disease agent and are capable of transmitting it.
Formalin
A 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde.
Fulminant hepatitis
Severe, rapidly progressive loss of hepatic function due to viral infection or other cause of inflammatory destruction of liver tissue.
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