Category: F

Causing or resulting in death.  

A period of going without food, e.g. to lose weight or for religious reasons. Resistant to the effects or action of a chemical substance. Abstention from food, usually voluntary.  

A type of liver fluke, often found in the Far East, which is transmitted to humans through contaminated waterplants. A genus of large parasitic flukes widely distributed throughout eastern Asia and especially common in China. The adults of F. buski, the giant intestinal fluke, live in the human small intestine. Man becomes infected with the…

A disease caused by parasitic liver flukes. Infection with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica, obtained by eating aquatic plants (e.g., watercress) with encysted forms of the flukes and common in many parts of the world, including the southern United States. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, jaundice, vomiting, and diarrhea; liver damage sometimes…

An inflammation of the connective tissue between muscles or around organs. Inflammation of fascia anywhere in the body; most commonly refers to painful, but non-life- threatening inflammation of the plantar fascia on the sole of the foot. Necrotizing fasciitis of the tissue surrounding the hip or back muscles, however, may be fatal. A painful inflammation…

A wide sheet of tissue covering the thigh muscles.  

A type of asthma caused by an allergy to rotting hay. Respirator disorder caused by an allergic response to inhaled fungi from moldy hay and characterized by coughing, difficult breathing, nausea, chills, fever, and rapid heartbeat. A dust disease caused by inhalation of dust from moldy hay. Farmer’s lung results from a reaction to exposure…

A form of glanders which affects the lymph nodes.  

To imagine that things have happened.  

A kidney disorder where amino acids are present in the urine [Described 1927. After Guido Fanconi (b.1892), Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.] A genetic disease associated with abnormal metabolism of cystine. Characterized by abnormal renal function, glycosuria, phosphaturia, amino aciduria, and bicarbonate wasting. A rare metabolic disorder that is associated with…