FLl H.UAM 



18U 



1 CENICl II M 



p. Vein. ■• ii to the eddies 



ty in 

 the pan. 

 murmur. 



the gram 



D 



hip the cubic 



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•:-.. ink.]. Any 



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tericum 



i A liquid state. 2. 

 !■'. .ilbus, while flow ; an old 

 F. muliebris. Synonym 



hene , ;i flow], C,«H I0 . 



.nir~ in the " stubb-fat " ob- 



• ■• stubb." It crys- 



. melting at 



1 - , , '.iilv in hot alcohol, ether, 



Fluorenc , a flow], I II,, \ sub- 



■ >sing 



mbustion tube heated 



soluble in hot alcohol, less so 



; lates having 



at 11 j° < '.. and boils at 



D : flow], < .,11 



in. An anhydrid of re- 

 : phthalic anhydrid with 

 .- .1 yellowish or dark- 

 it 290 C. From it 



Fluorescein , to flow]. A 



, 1 n ;isting in 



while light is being passed 



i . and several struct- 



See also Phos- 



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rcscent Resorcinol. in Blue. 



Fluorcscipenous \_fluere, to flow; 



to fluorescence. 

 Fluorescin , to flow], < '.,,11,,' »,. 



\ 1 of the reduction ol 



•1" itral quality and 



n used to study the 

 ■ fluids. 

 1 •• ] \ basic salt of 



Fluorin I 1 ■ . ; quantival- 



1 It has not been isolated, 



re highl) corro- 



ir full str' ngth. See Ele- 



Ammonium fluorid aded 



", V(lf 



Hydrofluoric acid, 



Inha ; the 



mended in diphtheria 



l«orin a n, )W -j \ 



indulins. They 

 tzophenin 

 rhey 

 itiful tin. 



Fluoroform ,„„_ 







form], CHFj. A gas, the fluorin analogue <>f chloro- 



|. >nn. 



Flush [origin obscure]. A temp. nary redness, as the 

 hectic flush ; it is due in man) cases t<> vaso-motor 

 paresis. 



Flushing ( flush'-ing'} [origin obscure]. I. A frequent 

 symptom in the subjects ol cardiac palpitation, and 

 especially in Graves' disease. Ii implies a condition 

 nt vaso-motor irritability with a paresis of the art 

 rioles in certain areas. Ii is often accompanied by 

 local perspiration. It is seldom a marked symptom of 

 inn disease. -. [Tie process ol cleansing b) .t 

 rapid flow of liquid. 



Flute-player's Cramp. See ( 'ramp. 



Flux 1 fluks) \ fluxus, flowing], 1. An abnormal How ol 

 any ol the 1 iccretionsof the body, especially the feces. 

 Also, a synonym ol Dysentery. 2. In chemistry, 

 any highly-fusible substance or mixture, as the sub- 

 borate of soda, employed in the fusion of metals. F., 

 Sebaceous. See Seborrhea. 



Fluxion [fluk / -shun) \Jluxus, a flowing], A gath< ring 

 of blood or other fluid in one part of the body; con 

 gestion, or hyperemia, 



Fluxus [jluks'-us) [I--]- A flow or a flowing. F. 

 cruentus. Synonym of Dysentery. F. dysenteri- 

 cus. Svnonym of Dysentery. F. sebaceus. Syn- 

 onym of Seborrhea. F. splenicus. Synonym of 

 Melena. F. torminosus. Synonym of Dysentery. 



Fly(//7) [ME., //iv, a fly]. A dipterous insect. For 

 parasitic flies, see Parasites [Animal), Tab of. F.- 

 agaric. See Agaricus muscarius. F. -blister. 

 Flying Blister. See Blister. F. -poison. See 

 Amianthium. F. -sickness. See Barcoo. 



Foal ( fol) [ME., fole, a foal]. The young of the equine 

 genus of quadrupeds, of either sex. 



Focal {fo'-ka! \ \ focus, a point; a fire-place], Pertain- 

 ing to or occupying a focus. F. Disease. SeeDt 

 F. Hemorrhage, localized hemorrhage, in contradis 

 tinction to diffuse or disseminated hemorrhage. F. 

 Meningitis, meningitis involving but a small area of 

 the membranes. F. Myelitis, localized myelitis, in 

 contradistinction to diffuse or disseminated myelitis. 

 F. Sclerosis, the chronic form, sometimes called 

 Sclerotic Mv< ■litis. 



Focil {fo'-sil) [fpcilc,a spindle]. Any bone of the 

 forearm or leg. F. majus, the ulna. F. majus 

 cruris, the tibia. F. minus, the radius. F. minus 

 cruris, the fibula. 



Focus [fo f -kus) [ focus, a point: p'.. foci\. The prin- 

 cipal sea) of a disease. The point (called principal 

 focus) to which converge the rays of light that 

 pass through a convex lens or are reflected from a 

 concave mirror. F., Equivalent, in microscopy, when 

 the real image of an objective of a certain focal length 

 is of tli i/e as that produced by a simple con 



verging lens whose focal distance <• |uals that of the ob- 

 jective, it is said to have an equivalent focus. F., 

 Negative, or Virtual, the imaginary focus of an object 

 placed within the principal focus. Conjugate Foci, 

 interdependent loci. 



Focusin-' ' . a point]. The mutual 



arrangement of an object and the optic parts of a 

 microscope so that a clear image may be seen. F. 

 Down, in microscopy, focusing by moving the objective 

 down or toward the object, but at the risk ol damag- 

 ing it. F. Up, focusing by moving the objective up 

 1 .r away from tli 



Fodere's Test. See Birth. 



Fceniculum [fen-ik' '-u-lum) [L.: ,:/''>?•, Famiculi"]. 

 Fennel. The fruit of /■'. vulgare, with properties clue 

 to a volatile oil. It is a mild stimulant and aromatic 

 carminative. F., Aq., 2 parts of the oil in IOOO of 



