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Fowl to Fungus
Fowl: Domestic cock or hen as kept for eggs and flesh; bird. Fractional distillation: Dry distillation of an organic substance with decomposition.
Fracture: Act of breaking of bones. Fragility: Brittleness; lack of resistance.
Fragilocyte: An erythrocyte which is less than nonnally resistant to hypotonic saline solution. Framework: The basic structure. Framycetin : An antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fradif!:e or S. decaris.
Freckle: A benign, small spots,
occurring on sun-exposed skin.
Free energy: An exact
thennodynamic quantity used to predict the maximum work obtainable from the spontaneous transfonnation of a given system.
Free radical: A molecular fragment having one or more unpaired electrons, usually short-lived and highly reactive.
Free reserve: A serve created by appropriation of profits without contingent liability, dispersed claims, goodwill and re1laluation.
Fremitus: A vibration perceptible on palpation.
Frenulum: A small bridle.
Frenum: A restraining structure or part.
Frequency: The number of occurrence of a peroxide or recurrent process per unit time.
Friability test: A test for reduction in weight of tablets by rotating them at a defmite speed and time. Friable: Easily pulverized or crumbled.
Friedlander's baciUus : A microorganisms known as Klebsiella
pneuomoniae.
Frigidity: Coldness; lack of sexual response in the female. Frigastable : Resistant to cold or low temperature.
.3H,SO. I Frostbite: The condition resulting from the action of extreme cold. Fructouranose: The combining and the more reactive fonn of fructose.
Fructokinase : An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the reaction ATP + D-fructose:: ADP + D-fructose-I-phosphate.
Fructosan: An hexosan, an anhydride of fructose.
Fructose: A fruit sugar sweeter than sucrose occurring in a large number of fruits 'and in honey. 'Used intravenously as a fluid and nntrient replenisher.
Fructose-I, 6-bisphosphatase : An enzyme of the hydrolase class that catalyzes the reaction D-fructose.-], 6-bisphosphate + H20:: D-f!1lctose6-phosphate + orthophosphate.
Furctose 1, 6-diphosphate : An intermediate in the glycolytic chain. Fructose-I-phosphate: The primary
phosphorylation product of fructose.
Fructose-6-phosphate : An intermediate in the conversion of fructose to glycogen.
L-Fructose : A methyl pentose belonging to the L-series, occurs in the mucopolysaccharides of the blood group. .
Fructoside: A compound that bears the same relation to fructose as a glycoside does to glucose.
Fructosuria : The presence of fructose in the urine. Fructosyltransferase : An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a fructose group.
Frusemide : A diuretic crystalline compound.
FSH : Follicle-stimulating hormone. Fuchsin: Red to purple coloured aminotriphenylmethane dye.
- Acid fuchsin: A mixture of
sulphonated fuchsin used in Andrade's indicator.
- Basic fuchsin:A triphenylmethane dye, used for staining.
Fucose: An unusual monosaccharide found in many muoopolysaccharides and mucoproteins. ..
Fucoside : An acetal derivative of fucose.
Fugitive: (1) Temporary. (2) Wandering.
Fulminant: That occurring suddenly with great intensity.
Fumigant: A toxic agent which destroys infecting sources when exposed to.
- Fumigation: Disinfection by the . vapour of antiseptics.
Fuming: AI characteristic of some highly active liquids which evolve visible smoke like emantations on contact with air.
Function: (1) Proper physiologic activity of an organ. (2) A distinct behaviour of a chemical compound.
Funaus : The bottom or base of anything.
. Fungemia : The presence of fungi in the blood stream.
Fungi: (1) Non-photosynthetic micro-organism possessing rigid cell walls. (2) Filamentous, usually unicellular ~d non-motile vegetable growth.
Fungicidal: Destroying fungi.
Fungicide: Any substance that has a destructive action upon fungi; drugs used in the treatment of fungal infection.
Fungistat : A chemical agent which prevents fungal protiferation. Fungistatic: Inhibits growth of fungi including their spores.
Fungoides : Resembling a fungus or mushrooms.
Fungus: Any of a plant-like group of organisms that does not produce chlorophyll; they derive their food by decomposing dead plants and animals or by parasitic attachment to living organisms.
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