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of your French crowns have no hair at all." F. 

 Mixture. See Boullori s Solution (Illus. Diet). 



Frenching. A disease of the cotton plant due to the 

 fungus Fusarium vasinfeetum, Atkinson. It causes a 

 variegated appearance of the leaves. 



Frenule, Frenulum, Fraenulum. (See Illus. Diet.) 

 F. pudendi. See Fomrchet (i) (Illus. Diet.). F. 

 Tarini. See Tenia semicircularis (Illus. Diet.). F. 

 veli medullare anterius. See Frenulum (2) (Illus. 

 Diet. ). 



Frenum. 1 See Illus. Diet) Frena, Glossoepiglot- 

 tic, three folds of mucosa connecting the root of the 

 tongue with the epiglottis. F. linguae, F. of the 

 Tongue, a narrow fold of mucosa in the mesal line of 

 the under side of the tongue extending between the 

 symphysis of the mandible and the tip of the tongue. 

 Syn., Frenulum lingua; Vinculum lingim. F. 

 pudendi, the fourchet Frena, Synovial, the folds 

 of a tenosynovial membrane extending between the 

 tendon and the surface of the membrane. 



Fretum. See Illus. Diet) 2. A strait, a channel. 

 F. oris, the isthmus of the fauces. 



Friction-sound. (See Illus. Diet) F., Beatty- 

 Bright's, the friction-sound produced by inflammation 

 of the pleura. 



Friesland Green. See under Pigments. 



Fright. (See Illus. Diet) F., Precordial, the pre- 

 cordial sensations of anxiety felt immediately before 

 an attack of melancholic frenzy; it is attributed to dis : ^ 

 order of the sympathetic and vagus centers. 



Frigoritherapy, Frigotherapy (fri -gor-ether* -ap-e, 

 frig-o-ther / -ap-e) \jrigus. cold; 8epa~eia, therapy]. 

 I. A method of treatment devised and named by 

 Raoul Pictet, of Switzerland. The patient is placed 

 in a well of metal lined with thick fur; the well sur- 

 rounded by a shell filled with a combination of sul- 

 furous and carbonic acids in a liquid state, kept at 

 no below zero, the duration of treatment ranging 

 from 5 to 15 minutes. See Crymotherapy. 



Fringe. (See Illus. Diet) F.s, Haversian, F.s, 

 Synovial. See Glands of Havers (Illus. Diet.). 



Frit [frigere, to roast]. The mass produced by partial 

 fusion of the materials from which glass is made. It 

 is used in dentistry. 



Frog. (See Illus. Diet) F. -belly, tympany of a 

 child's abdomen. F., Rheoscopic. See Rheoscope, 

 Physiologic (Illus. Diet). 



Frohmann's Solution. A local anesthetic used in 

 dentistry and said to consist of cocain hydrochlorate, 

 0.2; morphin hydrochlorate, 0.25; sodium chlorid, 

 0.2 ; antipyrin, 1-2; guaiacol, 2 drops; distilled 

 water, iro. 



Front. (See Illus. Diet) F., Olympian, enormous 

 frontal development. 



ronto-. (See Illus. Diet') F. -anterior. See Oc- 

 ripitoposterior (Illus. Diet). F. -auricular, relating 

 the forehead and the external ear. F. -cerebellar, 

 lying between the cerebellum and the cortex of the 

 antal area of the cerebrum. F. -glabellar, relating 

 the forehead and the glabella. F. -gonial, uniting 

 rith the gonia and the frontal region. F. -lacrimal, 

 elating to the forehead and the lacrimal bone. F.- 

 iteral, relating to the front and to the sides. F.- 

 lalar. relating to the frontal and to the malar bones, 

 .-maxillary, relating to the frontal bone and the 

 upper jaw bones. F. -mental, running from the top 

 of the forehead to the point of the chin or relating to 

 the forehead and chin. F. -nasal, relating to the 

 frontal bone and the nose. F. -nasomaxillary, re- 

 lating to the frontal, nasal, and maxillary bones. F.- 

 nuchal, relating to the forehead and the nape of the 

 neck. F. -parietal, relating to the frontal and parietal 



bones. F. -sphenoidal, relating to the frontal and 

 sphenoid bones. F. -temporal, relating tothe frontal 

 and temporal bones. F. -zygomatic, relating to the 

 frontal bones and the zygoma. 



Fructosuria ( fruk-to-su' '-re-a/t) \_fructus, fruit; ovpnv, 

 urine]. The presence of levulose (fruit-sugar) in the 

 urine. 



Fucusol (fu'-ku-sol) [Fucus, a genus of Alg<z~\. C 5 - 

 H 4 Oj. An oily, liquid isomer of furfurol obtained by 

 the distillation of Algce of the genus Fucus, sphagnum, 

 and lichens with sulfuric acid. Syn., Fucus aldekyd. 



Fugu. A common name for fish of the genus Tetrodon, 

 twelve species of which have poisonous ovaries. F.- 

 poisoning, fish-poisoning well known in Japan, due 

 to eating the roe of fish belonging to the genus Tetro- 

 don. 



Fuhs's Test for Albumin. See under Tests. 



Fuligin if u'-lij-in) [fuligo, soot]. See Asbolin. 



Fulminating. (See Illus. Diet) F. Gold. See 

 under Gold. F.-pane. See Plate, Franklin. 



Fulminurate (ful-mi/t / -u-rat ). A salt of fulminuric 

 acid. 



Fulvescent (ful-ves'-ent) [fulvus, yellow]. Tawny 

 or dull yellow in color. 



Fumarate ( fu'-mar-at ). A salt of fumaric acid. 



Fumaric (fu-mar'-ik) \_fumaria, fumitory]. Relating 

 to or obtained from the genus Fumaria. 



Funda (fun'-dah) [L., a sling, pi. funda\ 1. A 

 four-tailed bandage. 2. An old device for extracting 

 the head of the decapitated fetus. F. Retzii. See 

 Ligament of Retzius (Illus. Diet). F. superficialis 

 vesicae, the looped muscular fibers near the point of 

 attachment of the urachus to the urinary bladder. 



Fundus. (See Illus. Diet.) F. -reflex Test. See 

 Retinoscofy (Illus. Diet). 



Fungal (fun' -gal). Belonging to or like fungi. 



Fungate. (See Illus. Diet) 2. A salt of fungic 

 acid. 



Fungating (fun'-gat-ing). Applied to ulcers assum- 

 ing a fungous appearance. 



Fungus. (See Illus Diet.) F. articuli. See Arthri- 

 tis fungosa (Illus. Diet). F. -disease of India. 

 Synonym of Mycetoma. F., Fly-. See Saprolegnia. 

 F. medullaris, a medullary sarcoma. F., Umbilical. 

 See Granuloma (Illus. Diet). 



Funicle ( fu'-nik-el) [funis, a rope]. A slender cord. 



Funiculate (fu-nik'-u-lat). Furnished with a funicu- 

 lus. 



Funiculus. (See Illus. Diet.) Funiculi arciformes 

 olivae. See Fibers, Arciform. F., Cuneate Lateral, 

 F. of Rolando, a longitudinal prominence caused by 

 Rolando's gelatinous substance on the surface of the 

 oblongata, between the cuneate funiculus and the line 

 of roots of the spinal accessory nerve. Funiculi sili- 

 quae, certain fibers of the lateral tract of the spinal 

 cord enclosing the base of the olive. F. siliquae ex- 

 ternus, a tract of nerve-fibers lying immediately out- 

 side of the external aspect of the olive. F. siliquae 

 internus, a tract of nerve-fibers lying between the 

 restis and the olive and encircling the base of the lat- 

 ter. F. teres, a column on each side of the median 

 furrow on the floor of the fourth ventricle. Syn., 

 Fasciculus teres ; Corpus teres. 



Funis. (See Illus. Diet) Funes cordis. See 

 Columns carnece (Illus. Diet). F. furcalis, a form 

 of velamentous insertion in which there is divergence 

 of the vessels causing them to enter the placenta at dif- 

 ferent points. 



Funnel. (See Illus. Diet) F. -breast, F. -chest. 

 See under Breast. F. -drainage. See under Drain- 

 age. F.s, Golgi's, F.s, Golgi and Rezzonico's, 

 funnel-shaped structures, composed of spiral threads 



