Category: F

Mud obtained from thermal springs in Battaglia, Italy, used to treat rheumatism and gout.  

Permission to be absent from work to care for a family member who is pregnant, ill, disabled, or incapacitated.  

A federal law, enacted in 1993, that requires large employers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to long-standing employees for compelling medical or family reasons. Reasons include care of spouse, child, or parent of employee who has a serious health problem; birth of child of employee and care…

A rare familial disease marked by attacks of flaccid paralysis, often at awakening. This condition is usually associated with hypokalemia but is sometimes present when the blood potassium level is normal or elevated. In affected individuals the condition may be precipitated by administration of glucose in patients with hypokalemia, and by administation of potassium chloride…

A rare, autosomal dominantly inherited syndrome characterized by intermittent elevations of body temperature, muscle pains, abdominal pain, inguinal hernias, and rash. The disease is also known as tumor necrosis factor receptor periodic syndrome or TRAPS.  

A disease that occurs in several members of the same family.  

Any genetic predisposition to cancer that is found in several generations of a kindred. Some recognized cancer syndromes that recur in families include the multiple endocrine neoplasias, retinoblastoma, familial polyposis of the colon, and Fanconi’s anemia, among others.  

A fold of the dura mater that lies in the longitudinal fissure and separates the two cerebral hemispheres.  

A fold of the dura mater that forms a vertical partition between the hemispheres of the cerebellum.  

The act of writing or stating what is not true.