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FIOCCA, BACILLUS OF 



Thread-worms and Parasites (Animal) , Table of. F. 

 conjunctivae has been taken from the human con- 

 junctiva ; it is found chiefly in Africa. F. lentis has 

 been found in cataractous lenses. F. medinensis. 

 See Thread-worms, Guinea-worm, and Parasites 

 (Animal), Table of . F. sanguinis hominis, Craw- 

 craw ; the embryo of a nematode worm native 

 to the Guinea coast of Africa, which, entering the 

 blood and lymphatics, causes abscesses in the lymph- 

 atic glands, certain forms of Elephantiasis, q. v., 

 lymph-scrotum, if the lymphatics of the scrotum are 

 involved, or chyluria, if those of the pelvis are ob- 

 structed. See Parasites (Animal), Table of. F. 

 sanguinolenta. See Thread-worms and Parasites 

 (Animal), Table of. 



Filariasis (fi-lar-i' -as-is) [filum, a thread] . A diseased 

 state due to the presence in human blood of Filaria 

 sanguinis, or of an entozoon of some allied species. 



File (fil) [ME. , file, a file]. See Raspatory, Xyster. 

 F.-cutter's Disease, a form of pneumonokoniosis. 

 F., Dental, Odontorine ; Scalprum dentarum ; Lima 

 dentaria ; a tooth-file ; an instrument for the removal 

 of a portion of one or more teeth. There are files for 

 separating incisor, bicuspid, and molar teeth, etc. 



Filhos, Caustic of. A cauterizing paste composed of 

 quicklime and caustic potash mixed with alcohol. 



Filices (fil'-is-ez) [L., //. of Filix, a fern]. Ferns. 

 See Filix. 



Filiform (fil f -if-orm) \_filum, a thread ; forma, form]. 

 Thread-like. F. Bougie. See Bougie. F. Papillae, 

 the smallest and most numerous of the papillae of the 

 tongue, occurring over its whole surface. F. Appa- 

 ratus, in biology, the longitudinally striated, homo- 

 geneous, strongly refractive, cellulose cap, often 

 found at the apex of each of the two cells (synergidiz) 

 forming a part of the germinal apparatus or egg-appa- 

 ratus of plants. 



Filipuncture (fil-e-punk' -chur) \_filum, thread; punc- 

 tura, a puncture]. The passing into an aneurysmal 

 sac of wire-threads, hairs, or the like, to promote 

 coagulation. 



Filix (fi'-liks) [L.: pi., Filices"]. A general name for 

 any fern. F. femina, or feminea, the fern now 

 called Asplenium filix femina, female fern or spleen- 

 wort. See Asplenium. F. mas, male fern. See 

 Aspidium. 



Filixolin (fi-liks'-o-lin) If lex, fern; oleum, oil]. The 

 fatty oil of Male Fern. 



Filleau's Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Fillet (fil'-et) [Fr., filet, a thread]. A loop-shaped 

 bandage ; a tape loop passed through the handles of 

 an obstetric forceps, or about some part of the fetus, 

 for the purpose of making traction. Also see Lem- 

 niscus. F. , Olivary, a fasciculus of nerve-fibers 

 enclosing the olivary body of the medulla. F. Test. 

 See Death, Signs of. 



Filling (filling) [ME., filten, to fill]. The material 

 used in closing cavities in carious teeth. 



Film [ME., fylme, a film]. A pellicle or thin skin; 

 an opacity of the cornea. 



Filoplume ( fi f -lo-plum) [filum, thread ; pluma, a 

 feather]. In biology, an extremely slender, thread- 

 like feather, usually destitute of vane, very abundant 

 on common poultry. 



Filo-pressure (fi'-lo-presh'-iir) \_filum, a thread ; pres- 

 sura, a pressing]. Compression of a vessel by means 

 of a wire or a thread. 



Filovaricosis (fi-lo-var-ik-o' '-sis) [filum, a thread ; 

 varix, a dilated vein]. A varicosity of the axis- 

 cylinder of a nerve-fiber, or the formation of one. 



Filter (fil'-ter) \_fillrum, felt]. An apparatus for 

 straining and removing from water or other liquid 



solutions the impurities it may contain. F. Paper, 

 a paper of close, firm mesh, much used by pharma- 

 cists for filtration. 



Filth [ME., filthe, foulness]. Foul, offensive matter. 

 F.-disease, any disease due to filth. F.-dread. See 

 Mysophobia and Rupophobia. 



Filtration (fil-tra'-shun) [filtrum, felt]. The opera- 

 tion of straining through bibulous paper. The best 

 white filter-paper should be used for filtering alkaline 

 or alkaloidal solutions. 



Filtrum (fil'-trum) [L., felt: pi, Filtra]. I. Felt, 

 q. v. 2. A filter or strainer. 



Filum (fi'-lum) [L.]. Any thread-like or filamentous 

 structure ; in surgery, a thread or wire. F. corona- 

 rium, a cord-like ridge that runs along the auricular 

 opening of the heart. F. terminale, the terminal 

 strands of the spinal cord, extending from the first 

 lumbar vertebra through the Cauda equina. 



Fimbria (fim'-bre-ah) [Lat., a "fringe": //., Fim- 

 bria]. Corpus fimbriatum; taenia hippocampi ; a zone 

 consisting of alba alone, and forming, as it were, a 

 margin for the hippocamp. There is one in each 

 hemicerebrum between the hippocamp and the rima. 

 F. ovarica, one of the fimbriae of the Fallopian tube 

 nearly double the length of the others, and characterized 

 by the great size of its secondary fringes. It leads 

 toward the ovary. 



Fimbriae (fim' -bre-e) [fimbria, a fringe]. Threads ; 

 a fringe. F. of Fallopian Tube, the fringe-like 

 processes of the outer extremity of the oviduct. 



Fimbrial { fim' -bre-al) [fimbria, a thread]. Relating 

 to the fimbria or to fimbriae. 



Fimbriated (fim' -bre-a-ted) [ fimbria, a thread]. 

 Fringed; having a shred-like or fimbrial border. 



Fimbriocele ( fim'-bre-o-sel) [fimbria, a thread ; kt/Kj], 

 hernia]. Hernia enclosing some or all of the fim- 

 briae of an oviduct. 



Fimetarious (fim-et-a'-re-us) \_fimus, dung]. In bi- 

 ology, growing on dung. 



Finckler and Prior, Spirillum of. See Bacteria, 

 Synonymatic Table of. 



Fine (fin) [M.E., fin, fine]. Opposed to coarse. F. 

 Adjustment. See Adjustment. 



Finger (fing'-ger) [ME., finger]. A digit of the 

 hand. F., Clubbed. See Clubbed Fingers. F., 

 Insane, a finger affected with a variety of chronic whit- 

 low ; it is seen in certain cases of confirmed brain- 

 disorder. F., Mallet, a deformity of a finger charac- 

 terized by deficient extension or undue flexion of the 

 terminal phalanx. F. -stall, a rubber covering for 

 a finger. F., Transparent, a small, round plate of 

 glass set in a metal frame, used by Liebreich in placa 

 of digital pressure in lupus-examinations. A lens may- 

 be used in place of plain glass, thus illuminating the 

 skin. F., Trigger. See Trigger-finger. 



Fingers and Toes, Numbering of. Among anatom- 

 ists the rule is almost universally followed of number- 

 ing from the thumb and great toe (pollux and hal- 

 lux). Occasionally the index finger is considered 

 number one. 



Fining (fi'-ning) [ME., fin, fine]. A term applied 

 to the " clearing" of wine. It consists in adding t<> 

 muddy wine some albuminous or similar subs! 

 that will mix with the suspended matter and cany it to 

 the bottom or bring it to the surface. The sub> 

 stances most generally employed are white of egj 

 blood, and milk, or mixtures of these substance-. 



Finlay's Micrococcus. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 

 Table of. 



Finn ( fin). The cysticercus or larva of a tape-worm. 



Fiocca, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 

 Table of. 



