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Fulguration (ful-ju-ra' -shun) [fulguratio, a stroke of 

 lightning]. I. Lightning-stroke. 2. A sensation of 

 swiftly darting pains. 



Fuliginous (fu-lij'-in-us) [fuliginosus, full of soot]. 

 Smoke-like ; very dark ; soot-colored ; applied to lips 

 that are covered with dry, black crusts, asa" fuligin- 

 ous coating." 



Fuligo (fu-li'-go) [L.]. Soot; sordes. F. ligni, the 

 soot of a wood-fire ; ointments and tinctures of it are 

 popularly esteemed. It is a good disinfectant. F. 

 kali, a preparation of soot boiled in caustic potash, and 

 used in skin-diseases. Cf. Anthrakokali. 



Full [ME., ful, full]. I. Replete; filled. 2. Intoxi- 

 cated. 3. Entire. F. Bath. See Bath. 



Fullers' Earth (ful'-erz urth). A siliceous non-fictile 

 clay, used in the fulling of cloth, on account of its 

 soapy quality ; it was formerly used as an absorbent, 

 like bole. 



Fuller's Lotion. A lotion for rheumatic joints, com- 

 posed of carbonate of soda, 6 drams ; laudanum, 1 

 ounce ; glycerin, 2 ounces, and water, 9 ounces. 

 Saturate hot cloths with this and apply. F.'s Pill, a 

 purgative pill, containing aloes, senna, asafetida, gal- 

 banum, myrrh, sulphate of iron, saffron, mace, oil of 

 amber, honey, and alcohol. 



Fulling (ful'-ing) [ME., fully mge, fulling]. In mas- 

 sage, a valuable method of kneading, named from the 

 motion used by fullers in rubbing linen between their 

 hands. It consists in holding the limb between the 

 palms of both hands, with the fingers fully extended, 

 and making a rapid to-and-fro movement with each, 

 the result being that the limb is rolled back and forth 

 between the hands. 



Fulmar Oil {ful' -mar) [ME., fulmar\. Oil cast up 

 from the stomach of the fulmar (Procellaria glacialis) , 

 a sea bird of the N. Atlantic. It has the general 

 qualities of cod-liver oil. 



Fulminant, or Fulminating (ful'-min-ant, or ful'- 

 min-a-ting) [fulminare, to lighten]. Sudden, severe, 

 and rapid in course ; as fulminant glaucoma. Same 

 as Foudroyant, q. v. 



Fulminate {ful' '-min-at) [fulmen, lightning]. A com- 

 pound of fulminic acid with a base, usually silver, 

 gold, or mercury, characterized by highly explosive 

 qualities. 



Fulminating (ful' -min-a-ting). See Fulminant. 



Fulvous (ful'-vus) [fulvus, deep-yellow, tawny, flame- 

 colored]. Having a tawny-yellow color. 



Fumaria (fu-ma'-re-ah). See Fumitory. 



Fumarin (fu' -mar-in) \_fumus, smoke]. An alkaloid 

 from Fumaria officinalis ; recommended as strongly 

 antipyretic. Unof. 



Fumigation (fu-mig-a'-shun) [fumigare, to smoke]. 

 Disinfection by exposure to the fumes of a vaporized 

 disinfectant. 



Fumitory (fu'-mit-or-e) [fumus, smoke ; terra, earth]. 

 The plants Fumaria officinalis, and F. bulbosa, herbs 

 native to Europe : formerly esteemed as polychrest 

 remedies, but now neglected ; they are actively deob- 

 struent and antifebrile. Unof. 



Fumous (fu'-mus) [fumus, smoke]. In biology, 

 smoke-colored ; fuliginous. 



Fumus (fu'-mus) [L.]. Smoke. F. terre, old name 

 for Fumitory. 



Function (fungk'-shun) [ fungi, to perform]. The 

 normal or special action of a tissue, organ, or part of 

 the body. 



Functional (fungk'-shun-al) [fungi, to perform]. Per- 

 taining to the special action of an organ, whether 

 physiologic or pathologic. F. Disease, one without 

 appreciable organic alterations. F. Spasm, a term 

 applied to any of the so-called Fatigue-diseases. 



Functionalization (funk-shun-al-iz-a' '-shun) [functio, 

 a function]. Restoration of a lost or diseased func- 

 tion. 



Fundal (fun'-dal) [fundus, the bottom]. Relating 

 to a fundus. 



Fundament (fun'-dam-ent) [fundament um : fundus, 

 bottom]. 1. The foundation or base of a thing. 2. 

 In embryology, the rudiment. 3. The anus. 



Fundamental (fun-dam-ent'-al) \_fundamentum : 

 fundus, bottom]. Pertaining to the foundation. F. 

 Tissue, in biology, unspecialized parenchyma ; those 

 tissues of a plant through which the fibro- vascular bun- 

 dles are distributed. 



Fundus (fun'-dus) [fundus, the bottom]. The base 

 of an organ. F. Glands, microscopic tubular glands 

 of the cardiac portion of the gastric mucous mem-- 

 brane. F. oculi, the posterior and interior portion 

 of the eye seen by the ophthalmoscope, comprising 

 chiefly the retina, papilla, retinal vessels, etc. F. 

 uteri, the part of the womb remotest from the cervix, 

 and situated cephalad from the outlets of the oviducts. 

 F. vesicae, the basis, floor, or das fond of the urinary 

 bladder. 



Fungate (fung'-gat) [fungus, a toadstool]. To grow 

 up with a fungous form or appearance. Also to grow 

 rapidly like a fungus (applied to certain pathologic 

 growths). 



Fungi (fun' -Ji). See Fungus. 



Fungicide (fun'-jis-id) [fungus, a toadstool ; cccdere, 

 to kill]. 1. Destructive to fungi; bactericide. 2. 

 An agent that destroys fungi or bacteria. 



Fungiform (fun' -jiform)[ fungus, a mushroom ; forma, 

 form]. Having the form of a mushroom. F. Papillae, 

 elevations upon the middle and back part of the tongue. 



Fungin (fun'-jin) [fungus, a toadstool]. A peculiar 

 principle found in most of the fungi. It is a whitish, 

 soft, insipid, fleshy substance, insoluble in water, alco- 

 hol, ether, or weak H 2 S0 4 , soluble in heated hydro- 

 chloric acid. 



Fungoid (fung'-goid) [fungus, a toadstool; eldoc, 

 likeness]. Resembling a fungus ; fungous. 



Fungosity (fung-gos' -it-e) [fungus, a toadstool]. A 

 fungous growth ; the quality of being fungous. 



Fungous (fung' -gus) [fungus, a toadstool]. Having 

 the appearance or qualities of a fungus ; excrescent, 

 soft and swiftly-growing. F. Endometritis. See 

 Endometritis. 



Fungus (fung' -gus) [fungus, a. toadstool : //. , Fu>igi~\. 

 1. An order of plants without stems, leaves or roots, 

 consisting of juxtaposed cells, without chlorophvl. 

 They reproduce by spores. The chief classes are the 

 Hymenomycetes , Basidiomycetes, Ascomycetes, Schizo- 

 mycetes, and Oomycetes. 2. A spongy, morbid ex- 

 crescence, as proud-flesh. F. of Brain, hernia cerebri 

 F. of Dura Mater, a tumor of the skull, of malignant 

 nature, originating in the layers of osteal cells. F. 

 Foot. See Foot. F. haematodes, a bleeding tumor, 

 generally a soft cancer. 



Funic (fu'-nik) [funis, a rope]. Pertaining to the 

 funiculus or umbilical cord. 



Funicular (fu-nik'-u-lar) [funis, a. roye~\. Relating to 

 the funiculus. F. Souffle, a hissing sound syn- 

 chronous with that of the fetal heart, heard in auscul- 

 tating the pregnant abdomen. It is heard in only from 

 14 to 15 per cent, of cases, and is referable to the 

 umbilical cord. 



Funiculitis (fu-nik-u-li'-tis) [funiculus, the spermatic 

 cord; mc, inflammation]. Inflammation of the gper 

 matic cord. 



Funiculus (fu-nik'-u-lus) [L.,a cord ; dim. of funis. 

 a rope]. I. In biology, applied to various cord-like 

 structures, as the spermatic cord, the umbilical 



