Category: F

Resonance heard on percussion over solid organs or when there is fluid in the thoracic cavity.    

A means of pasteurizing milk by rapidly raising its temperature to 178°F (80.1°C), maintaining it there for a few minutes, and rapidly chilling it until the temperature is 40°F (4.4°C).  

A peculiar change in hair color in which the hair becomes discolored in a band perpendicular to its long axis. This is seen in kwashiorkor and indicates a period of severe malnutrition.  

A reagent that stops the development of a radiographic image, removes undeveloped silver halide crystals, and hardens the emulsion. The typical fixer consists of a clearing agent, preservative, hardener, and acidifier.  

Combining two or more drugs in one capsule or tablet, in order to simplify drug regimens and improve compliance.  

The widest limits of vision in all directions within which the eyes can fixate.  

Movement of the eyes so that the visual axes meet and the image of an object falls on corresponding points of each retina. This provides the most acute visualization of the object.  

To treat tissues chemically so that the components and products of the cells are preserved for staining and microscopic examination.  

A surgical connection of a fistula into the intestine (e.g., biliary fistula).  

The process of becoming fistulous by extension of an inflammatory process from one tissue organ to another.