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FEMINONUCLEUS 



Febrifuge {fib' '-rif-uj ) [febris, fever ; fugare, to dis- 

 pel]. I. Antipyretic ; cooling ; lessening or relieving 

 fever. 2. An agent that lessens fever. 



Febrile {fe'-bril) [febrilis ; febris, a fever]. Pertain- 

 ing to or having the symptoms of a fever. 



Febrility {fe-bril f -it-e) [ febris, a fever]. The quality 

 of being febrile ; feverishness. 



Febris {fi'-bris) [L.]. See Fever. F. bullosa. Synonym 

 of Pemphigus. F. catarrhalis. Synonym of Influenza. 

 F. dysenterica. Synonym of Dysentery. F. fame- 

 lica. See Famelica. F. flava. See Fever, Yellow. 

 F. nigra. Synonym of Fever, Cerebrospinal. F. 

 recurrens. Synonym of Fever, Relapsing. F. re- 

 mittens. See Fever, Remittent. 



Fecal {fe'-kal) [fizx, sediment]. Pertaining to or 

 consisting of feces. 



Fecaline {fe'-kal-en). Same as Fecaloid. 



Fecaloid (fe'-hal-oid) [fax, feces; eldoc, likeness]. 

 Resembling feces. 



Feces {fe'-sez) [fax, sediment]. The dregs of a liquor, 

 as wine. Also, the alvine discharges or excretions of 

 the bowels. 



Fechner's Law. See Law. 



Fecula [fik' -u-lah) [dim. of fax, sediment]. The 

 starchy part of a seed. Also the sediment subsiding 

 from an infusion. 



Feculent (fek'-u-lent) [fieculentus , impure]. Abound- 

 ing in or of the nature of feces ; excrementitious ; 

 sedimentary ; muddy. 



Fecundate {fe'-kun-daf) [fecundare, to fecundate]. 

 To impregnate ; to render pregnant. 



Fecundation {fe-kun-da' -shun) [fecundatio ; fecundus, 

 fruitful] . Fertilization ; impregnation ; the act of 

 making fruitful. F., Artificial, impregnation by 

 means of artificial intromission of the spermatic fluid 

 into the vagina or uterus. 



Fecundity {fe-kun'-dit-e) [ fecunditas, fruitfulness] . 

 The capability of reproduction. F., Segregate. See 

 Homo^amy . 



Fed. See Cross-circulation Experiment. 



Feeble {fe e -bl)\y[.YL.,feble, weak]. Lacking strength ; 

 weak. F. -minded, idiotic. 



Feed {fed) [ME., /^», to nourish]. I. To supply 

 with food ; to graze ; to eat. 2. Food, especially 

 that for lower animals ; fodder. 



Feeder {fe'-der) [ME., fedan, to nourish]. I. An 

 instrument used in the forcible feeding of insane 

 patients who obstinately refuse to eat. 2. See Cross- 

 circulation Experiment. 



Feeding {fe'-ding) [ME., fedan, to nourish]. The 

 taking of food or aliment. F., Artificial, the intro- 

 duction of food into the body by means of artificial de- 

 vices, such as the stomach-pump or in the form of an 

 enema. Also, the nourishing of a child by food other 

 than the mother's milk. F-bottle, a glass flask 

 armed with a rubber nipple, used in feeding liquid 

 food to infants. F. -cup, a cup used in the forcible feed- 

 ing of the insane. F., Forcible, the administration of 

 aliment by compulsion to such patients as refuse to take 

 food in the natural manner. F. -gland, a chyle-gland 

 or " salivary gland " of working bees. F. -groove, 

 a narrow trough on the tongue of a worker bee, along 

 which the honey is brought by compression of the 

 honey-sac. F. by the Rectum, the introduction of 

 food into the rectum in the form of an enema or sup- 

 pository. F. -system. See Rest-cure. 



Feel {/el) [ME., felrn, to feel]. To have a sensation 

 of ; to try by touch ; to have perception by means of 

 the sense of touch. 



Feeler {fil'-cr) [ME., fe/en. to feel]. See Antenna. 



Feeling {fil'-ing) [ME., /'den, to feel]. Thi 



of touch ; any emotion or sensibility ; any conscious 

 state of nervous activity ; any sensation. 



Feet {fet). The plural of Foot, q. v. F., Frosted. See 

 Chilblain. 



Fegaritis {feg-ar-i 1 '-tis) [Sp. ; irir, inflammation]. An 

 old name for a form of gangrenous stomatitis. 



Fehling's Method. A method of dressing the umbili- 

 cal cord. The stump is wrapped in cotton-wool pow- 

 dered with a mixture of salicylic acid one part, and 

 starch five parts. It becomes mummified. F.'s 

 Solution, a solution for testing for sugar in the urine ; 

 as this solution does not keep well, Prof. Hol- 

 land advises its manufacture as follows : To be kept 

 in two distinct parts, {a) Take copper sulph. 34.64 

 gms. and water enough to make 500 c.c. M. {b) 

 Pure Rochelle salt 173 gms.; sol. sodium hydrate (sp. 

 gr., I.33), loo c.c. , and water enough to make 500 

 c.c. P\>r use, mix equal volumes, and thus make 

 Fehling's solution. See Copper. F.'s Test for Sugar. 

 See Tests, Table of. 



Feigned Disease. See Disease. 



Fel[L.]. Bile. F. bovis, or F. bovinum, ox-gall. The 

 biliary liquid of the domestic ox, Bos taurus. It is a 

 dark-green, ropy substance, consisting mainly of sodium 

 glycocholate and sodium taurocholate, together with 

 cholesterin. It is a tonic, antiseptic, and purgative, 

 useful in emulsifying the fatty portions of food. F. b. 

 inspissatum, 100 parts fresh ox-gall, strained and 

 evaporated to 15 parts. Dose gr. v-xv. F. b. purifi- 

 catum, ox-gall 3, alcohol I part. This should stand 

 24 hours before straining ; then evaporate to the con- 

 sistence of a pilular mass. Dose gr. v-xv. 



Fell's Method. A method of forced respiration in cases 

 of narcotic poisoning or drowning, by means of an 

 apparatus consisting of a tracheotomy-tube attached to 

 a bellows. F.'s Paste, Caustic, or Cancer-salve, a 

 famous salve formerly used in epithelioma. Its formula 

 was : chlorid of zinc and powdered sanguinaria root, 

 of each one ounce ; starch, enough to make a paste ; 

 apply on pieces of kid leather or wash-leather. 



Fellator {fel'-at-or). See Passivism. 



Fellatrice {fel-at-res ; ) [Fr.]. The female agent in irru- 

 mation, who receives the male organ in her mouth and 

 by friction with the lips or tongue produces the orgasm. 



Fellic Acid {fel'-ik) [fel, bile], C B H tt 4 . A constit- 

 uent of the bile. 



Fellmongers' Disease. Anthrax; so called as attacking 

 dealers in fells*, or pelts, and skins. 



Fellows' Syrup of Hypophosphites. A proprietary 

 preparation. Each dram contains hypophosph. of iron 

 gr. j, quinin gr. ^, strychnin gr. ^, calcium and 

 manganese aa gr. j, potassium q. s. Dose !jj. Unof. 



Felo-de-se {fe f -lo-de-se) [Sp.]. A suicide. Also, anyone 

 who commits an unlawful malicious act, the conse- 

 quence of which is his own death. 



Felon (fel'-on). See Paronychia. 



Felt [feltrum, felt]. A fabric of hair or wool entangled 

 together by beating and rolling. Felt splints are em- 

 ployed in surgery. 



Female {fe / -ma/) [femimea, femella ; femina, woman]. 

 Belonging to the sex that conceives and bears young. 

 In surgery, denoting that part of a double-limbed instrn 

 ment that receives the complementary part. F. Cathe- 

 ter, a catheter having a short tube with a slight curve 

 to correspond to the female urethra. 



Feminism ( fem'-in-izm) [femina, a woman]. Arrested 

 development of the male organs of generation, accom- 

 panied by various mental and physical approximations 

 to the characters of the female sex. 



Feminity {fcm-iti'-it-e), or Femininity {fem-in-in'- 

 it-e) [ femina, a woman]. The sum of those qui 

 that distinguish the female sex. 



Feminonucleus ( fem-in-o-nu'-kle-us) [femin 1, woman ; 

 nucleus, a kernel]. The embryonic female nucleus, 

 as distinguished from the corresponding male nucleus. 



