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Flocci {Jlok'-i) [L.]. Plural of Jloeeus, a tuft. F. 



volitantes. Same as Mused- volitan 

 Floccillation {Jlok-sil-a'-shuu) \JtocUlatid\. Same as 



Carpholc 

 Floccitation {Jtok-sit-a' -shun) \_fioccitatio\. Same as 



Carphol 

 Floccose (jlok f -ds) \floccus, a flock of wool]. In bi 



ology, composed of or bearing tufts of woolly or long 



and soft hairs. 

 Floccular {flok' -u-lar) \Jloccidus, a little flock of wool]. 



Pertaining to the flocculus. 

 Flocculence {Jlok* '-u-lens) \Jloccus, a lock of wool]. 



In biology, a soft, waxy excretion, resembling wool, 



found on certain insects, e.g, the woolly Aphis. 

 Flocculent (Jlok'-u-lcnt) \Jloccus, a flock of wool]. 



Flaky, downy, or woolly; coalescing in flock y ma 

 Flocculus (Jlok'-udus) [dim. oi Jloeeus, a tuft of wool]. 



1. A bilobular mass attached to the medipeduncle of 

 the brain at the peduncular sulcus, and wedged, as it 

 were, between the rounded contiguous angles of the 

 cephalic and caudal regions of the cerebellum. Along 

 with it is the paraflocatlus, a single-lobed mass. Their 

 functions and their representatives in oilier mammals 

 are little known. 2. In biology, a small bunch of 

 stiff hairs. 



Floccus (jtok'-us) [L. , a flock or tuft of wool://., 

 Flocci\. In biology, a small tuft of woolly hairs. 



Flood's Ligament. See Ligament. 



Flooding (Jlud'-ing) [ME., flood, a flood]. A copious 

 bleeding from the womb during, after, or just at child- 

 birth ; any excessive uterine hemorrhage. 



Floor (/lor) [ME., floor, floor]. The basal limit of any 

 hollow organ or open space ; as the Jloor of a ventricle, 

 of the antrum, of an orbit, or of the pelvis. F. - 

 space, the distance apart of beds required to afford 

 proper ventilation in hospitals. It should be not less 

 than j 1 ^ of the cubic space. 



Flora (flo'-ralr ) [Flora, the goddess of flowers]. The 

 entire plant-life of any geographic area or geologic 

 period. 



Florence Lake. See Pigments, Conspeetus of. 



Florentine Lake. Same as Florence Lake. 



Flores (flo'-rez) [L.]. Plural of flos, a flower. I. The 

 flowers or blossoms of any plant used as a medicine. 



2. A flocculent or pulverulent form assumed by cer- 

 tain medicines and chemicals after sublimation ; as 

 flores sulphuris, flowers of sulphur ; flores benzoes, 

 flowers of benzoin, or sublimated benzoic acid. 



Florescence (jfor-es' '-ens) [forescere, to begin to 

 bloom]. The opening of flowers ; blossoming. 



Floret {flor'-et) [_flos, flower]. In biology, an indi- 

 vidual flower of a head or cluster of flowers ; it is 

 also called floscule. 



Florid ( flor r -id) [floridus, abounding with flowers]. 

 Bright-red in color ; rosy ; as a florid cheek, or 

 countenance. F. Phthisis. See Galloping Con- 

 sumption. 



Florida ( flor'-id-ah) [floridus, abounding with flowers]. 

 One of the Southern states of the United States. 

 F. Allspice, the leaves of Calycanthus floridus, a 

 pleasant aromatic stimulant. Dose of the fld. ext., 

 gtt. x-xxx. Unof. F., Fever. See Lever. 



Florisugent (flor-is-u'-i, ■•nt) [flos, flower; sugere, to 

 suck]. Applied to birds and insects that suck the 

 nectar of flowers. 



Flos [L., a "flower"]. A flower. Singular of 

 Flores, q. v. 



Floscule (flos'-kiil) [dim. of flos, a flower]. See 

 L'loret. 



Flour {Jlowr) [old spelling of flower]. A finely- 

 ground meal ; this may be from either wheat, rye, 

 barley, oats, maize or Indian corn, and rice, although 



wheat-flour is used in far the largest amount. Wheat- 

 flour contains starch, dextrin, cellulose, sugar, albu- 

 min, gliadin or gluten, mucin or mucedin, fibrin, 

 cerealin, fat, mineral matter, and water. The lir-a 

 four are carbohydrates, or non-nitrogenous substam 

 and they form nearly three fourths of the entire weight 

 of the flour. The nitrogenous mattei consists of at 

 least live principles, three of which, gluten (or glia- 

 din), mucin (or mucedin), and fibrin, constitute the 

 bulk of the material known as crude gluten, which i> 

 the substance left when flour is kneaded with water 

 and afterwards washed to remove the starch and any 

 soluble --ul>->tance. The remaining two nitrogenous 

 principles, albumin and cerealin, are soluble in water, 

 and are carried away with the starch in the process of 

 washing. < rude gluten possesses a peculiar adhesive- 

 ness, arising from the presence of gliadin, which is a 

 highly tenacious body, and which is not present in 

 the same form in other cereal flours. The vegetable 

 albumin is accompanied also by small amounts of 

 legumin, or vegetable casein, which is also soluble in 

 water. The cerealin is a soluble nitrogenized ferment 

 occurring especially in the husk or bran of wheat and 

 other cereals. It has a powerful fermentative action 

 on starch, rapidly converting it into dextrin and other 

 soluble bodies. The difference in the composition of 



the several parts of the wheat-grain is seen in the fore- 

 going table given by Church. F.-ball, a much- 

 used food for infants suffering from summer-complaint. 

 It is made as follows : — Two or three pounds of 

 wheat-flour, tied in a bag, are boiled continuously 

 for 12 hours ; the outer shell is then scraped off, and 

 the inner, yellow portion (mainly dextrin 1 is grated 

 and used to make a thin gruel. 



Flouren's Doctrine. A theory that the whole of the 

 cerebrum is concerned in every psychic process. 



Flow ( fid) [M I"-. , flowen, to flow]. The free discharge 

 of a liquid, as the blood. 



Flower (/or. ->'-er) [ME., Jlowre, flower]. See Flos. 



Flower, Angle of. In craniometry, the naso-malar 

 angle. 



Fluctuation ( fluk-tu-a' -shun) [ flucttiare, to float or 

 roll]. The wave like motion of contained fluid upon 

 pressure, or by succussion. 



Fluid ( flu' '-id \ [ fluere, to flow]. A substance whose 

 molecules move freely upon one another ; any liquid 

 constituent, or secretion of the body. See Amniotic, 

 Condr's, Culture, Labarraqud s, and other fluids. F. 

 Extract. See Extractum Fluidum. F. -ounce. See 

 Weights. F.-dram. See Weights. F., Scarpa's, the 



