Category: F

The number of spontaneous or machine-generated breaths per unit time.  

Trade name of a group of hydrocarbon gases previously used as a refrigerant and propellant in metered dose inhalers.    

A state of violent mental agitation; maniacal excitement.  

A thin fold of mucosa in the middle of the floor of the mouth that runs from the gums behind the lower central incisors to the middle of the underside of the tongue. It divides the space between the tongue in half and can easily be seen when the tongue is raised. At birth this…

The frenulum that unites the foreskin (prepuce) to the glans penis.  

The fold of mucous membrane extending from the middle of the inner surface of the lip to the alveolar mucosa. It is seen in both the upper and lower jaws.  

The fold of membrane connecting the posterior ends of the labia minora.  

The union of the inner parts of the labia minora on the undersurface of the clitoris.  

Surgical correction of an abnormally attached frenulum.  

A system used to indicate the outer diameter of catheters and sounds. Each unit on the scale is approximately equivalent to one-third mm; thus a 21 French sound is 7 mm in diameter. The size of the diameter of the catheter increases as the numerical value of French increases.