Category: F

A predisposition to apply one’s concept of an ultimate environment to life’s experiences. The purpose and meaning that underlie a person’s hopes, dreams, and strivings.  

In labor relations, codes regulating hiring and other employment practices that consider race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, or other features or characteristics.  

Temporary loss of consciousness. Fainting occurs when there is an insufficient supply of blood and oxygen to the brain for a short period, which can happen if blood vessels in the body dilate (widen), causing blood (which carries, vital oxygen) to drain away from the brain. Fainting may be characterized by a sudden pallor, or…

A temporary loss of consciousness, usually of brief duration, fainting. To stop being conscious for a short time and, usually, fall down. To become unconscious, usually as a result of insufficient blood flow to the brain, as a reaction to emotional or physical shock, or to pain, hunger, or fear. To feel weak as though…

A childhood condition characterized by a severely retarded growth rate. The condition can occur as a result of parental neglect and emotional upset.  

In safety epidemiology, each component is evaluated as to how it will affect the overall system if it fails, epidemiology.  

Medicine that supposedly works safely on all people at all times.  

The temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 32° and the boiling point of water at sea level is 212°. Zero indicates the lowest temperature that can be obtained with a mixture of ice and salt, centigrade scale. A scale used to measure temperature. In the Fahrenheit scale, the point at which…

A concentrated preparation of factor VIII that is used in the treatment of individuals with hemophilia.  

Eating practices that are popular with exaggerated excitement. Diets which become a craze. They are often based on inadequate or unproven assumptions, and though effective temporarily, for example for weight reduction, they are frequently ill balanced and therfore fraught with danger in the long run. Weight-loss plans that may not be based on scientific findings.…