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  • Fungate

    (Of some skin cancers) to increase rapidly at a late stage of tumour formation.  

  • Fungal

    Relating to, or caused by, fungi. An ulcer in which the granulations protrude above the edges of the wound and bleed easily. Originating from a fungal source, this condition emerges as a result of a fungal entity, belonging to a cluster of uncomplicated life forms with close ties to yeast and molds.  

  • Functional enuresis

    Bedwetting which has a psychological cause.  

  • Functional endoscopic sinus surgery

    The removal of soft tissue in the sinuses using an endoscope. A surgical treatment that uses endoscopes (lighted viewing devices of varying sizes for operating inside a cavity of the body) and is performed to promote sinus drainage. FESS may also be used to remove nasal polyps or to do a biopsy on a growth to…

  • Fumes

    Gas or smoke.  

  • Fructosuria

    The presence of fructose in the urine. Presence of fructose (levulose) in the urine, a harmless condition. Excretion of fructose in the urine. The presence of fructose (levulose) in the urine.  

  • Frozen shoulder

    Stiffness and pain in the shoulder, caused by inflammation of the membranes of the shoulder joint after injury or a period of immobility, when deposits may form in the tendons. A painful condition, medically termed adhesive capsulitis, resulting in greatly restricted mobility of the shoulder joint. The immobility tends to occur at a level or…

  • Frontal sinus

    One of two sinuses in the front of the face above the eyes and near the nose. One of a pair of hollow spaces (sinuses) in the frontal bone above the eye socket. A hollow space in the area of the forehead. One of the airspaces that form the paranasal sinuses within some of the…

  • Frontal lobotomy

    Formerly, a surgical operation on the brain to treat mental illness by removing part of the frontal lobe.  

  • Frontal bone

    A bone forming the front of the upper part of the skull behind the forehead. Large bone of the cranium that forms the forehead and superior portions of the orbits. The bone forming the forehead and the upper parts of the orbits; it contains several air spaces. At birth it consists of right and left…

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