Category: F

  • Fungiform papillae

    Rounded papillae on the tip and sides of the tongue, which have taste buds.  

  • Fungate

    (Of some skin cancers) to increase rapidly at a late stage of tumour formation.  

  • Fungal

    Relating to, or caused by, fungi. An ulcer in which the granulations protrude above the edges of the wound and bleed easily. Originating from a fungal source, this condition emerges as a result of a fungal entity, belonging to a cluster of uncomplicated life forms with close ties to yeast and molds.  

  • Functional enuresis

    Bedwetting which has a psychological cause.  

  • Functional endoscopic sinus surgery

    The removal of soft tissue in the sinuses using an endoscope. A surgical treatment that uses endoscopes (lighted viewing devices of varying sizes for operating inside a cavity of the body) and is performed to promote sinus drainage. FESS may also be used to remove nasal polyps or to do a biopsy on a growth to…

  • Fumes

    Gas or smoke.  

  • Fructosuria

    The presence of fructose in the urine. Presence of fructose (levulose) in the urine, a harmless condition. Excretion of fructose in the urine. The presence of fructose (levulose) in the urine.  

  • Frozen shoulder

    Stiffness and pain in the shoulder, caused by inflammation of the membranes of the shoulder joint after injury or a period of immobility, when deposits may form in the tendons. A painful condition, medically termed adhesive capsulitis, resulting in greatly restricted mobility of the shoulder joint. The immobility tends to occur at a level or…

  • Frontal sinus

    One of two sinuses in the front of the face above the eyes and near the nose. One of a pair of hollow spaces (sinuses) in the frontal bone above the eye socket. A hollow space in the area of the forehead. One of the airspaces that form the paranasal sinuses within some of the…

  • Frontal lobotomy

    Formerly, a surgical operation on the brain to treat mental illness by removing part of the frontal lobe.