Category: F

Feeding of a patient unwilling to eat.  

Intermittent or temporary albuminuria not associated with a pathological condition.  

Multiple instances of a disease in a group of related individuals, due to shared genetic susceptibility, shared environmental exposure, or chance.  

A microorganism that prefers an environment devoid of oxygen but has adapted so that it can live and reproduce in the presence of oxygen.  

A water-in oil emulsion in which an antigen solution without mycobacteria is emulsified in mineral oil. On injection, this mixture induces a strong persistent antibody formation.  

A water-in-oil emulsion in which an antigen solution is emulsified in mineral oil with killed mycobacteria to enhance antigenicity. The intense inflammatory response produced by this emulsion makes it unsuitable for use in humans.  

The first and strongest member of the monobasic fatty acid series. It occurs naturally in certain animal secretions and in muscle, but it may also be prepared synthetically. It is one of the irritants present in the sting of insects such as bees and ants.  

The increase in heart rate associated with fetal movement.  

A rare infection of the brain and meninges caused by free-living amebae. The organisms invade the nasal mucosa of persons swimming in fresh water, the natural habitat of Acanthamoeba and Naegleria fowleri. The organisms invade the central nervous system through the olfactory foramina. The symptoms begin after an incubation period of 2 to 15 days…

The taking up of glycerols and fatty acids, suspended in bile salts, into the villi of the small intestine.