[ F ]

• FCD  feces collection device; fibrocystic disease; fibrocystic dysplasia; focal cytoplasmic degradation
• FCE  fibrocartilaginous embolism
• FceR  fragment receptor for immunoglobulin E
• FCF  fetal cardiac frequency; fibroblast chemotactic factor
• FCFC  fibroblast colony-forming cell
• FcγR  fragment receptor for immunoglobulin G
• FCH  faculty contact hour; family care home; fetal cystic hygroma
• FCHL  familial combined hyperlipidemia
• FChS  Fellow of the Society of Chiropodists
• FCHSP  flight crew health stabilization program [NASA]
• FCI  fixed-cell immunofluorescence; folded cell index; food chemical intolerance
• FCIM  Federated Council for Internal Medicine
• fCJD  familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• FCL  fibroblast cell line
• fcly  face lying
• FCM  flow cytometry; fuzzy cognitive map [algorithm]
• FCMC  familial chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis; family centered maternity care
• FCMD  Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
• FCMS  Fellow of the College of Medicine and Surgery; Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome
• FCMW  Foundation for Child Mental Welfare
• FCO  Fellow of the College of Osteopathy
• FCoV  feline coronavirus
• FCP  F-cell production; femoral hole coronal positioning; final common pathway; Functional Communication Profile
• FCPN  fuzzy coloured Petri net
• FCPR  fatigue crack propagation rate
• FCPS  Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
• FCR  flexor carpi radialis; fractional catabolic rate; Fuji computed radiography
• FcR  Fc receptor; fragment receptor [immunoglobulin]
• FCRA  fecal collection receptacle assembly; Fellow of the College of Radiologists of Australasia
• FCRC  Frederick Cancer Research Center
• FcRγ  fragment receptor gamma chain
• FCS  faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome; fecal containment system; feedback control system; fetal calf serum; foot compartment syndrome
• FCSP  Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• FCST  Fellow of the College of Speech Therapists
• FCSW  female commercial sex worker
• FCT  food composition table; fucosyl transferase
• FCU  flexor carpi ulnaris
• FCV  feline calicivirus; fowl calicivirus
• FCx  frontal cortex
• FCXM  flow cytometric cross-matching
• FD  familial dysautonomia; family doctor; fan douche; fatal dose; fetal danger; fibrin derivative; fibrous dysplasia; floppy disk; focal distance; Folin-Denis [assay]; follicular diameter; foot drop; forceps delivery; Fourier descriptor; fractal dimension; fracture-dislocation; freeze drying
• FD1  from day 1
• FD2  from day 2
• FD₅₀  median fatal dose
• Fd  the amino-terminal portion of the heavy chain of an immunoglobulin molecule; ferredoxin
• fd  fundus
• FDA  Fisher discriminant analysis; fluorescein diacetate; Food and Drug Administration; right frontoanterior [fetal position]
• FDA-CBER  Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• FDAM  fuzzy logic based decision analysis module
• FDAMA  Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act
• FDAW  film digitizer acquisition workstation
• FDB  familial defective apolipoprotein B
• FDBL  fecal daily blood loss
• FDC  factor-dependent cell [line]; follicular dendritic cell
• FD&C  Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; food, drugs, and cosmetics
• FDCA  Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• FDCPA  Food, Drug, and Consumer Product Agency
• FDD  fluorescent differential display; Food and Drugs Directorate; frequency division duplex [telemedicine]
• FDDC  ferric dimethyldithiocarbonate
• FDDI  fiber distributed data interface; film distribution data interface
• FDDS  Family Drawing Depression Scale
• FDE  female day-equivalent; final drug evaluation
• FDECU  field employable environmental control unit
• FDF  fast death factor; fractional dimension filtering
• FDFQ  Food/Drink Frequency Questionnaire
• FDFT  farnesyldiphosphate farnesyltransferase
• FDG  [clinical] features of differential diagnosis; fluorine 18-labeled deoxyglucose; fluorodeoxyglucose [scan]
• fdg  feeding
• FDGF  fibroblast-derived growth factor
• FDG-PET  fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
• FDH  familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia; focal dermal hypoplasia; formaldehyde dehydrogenase
• FDI  facial disability index; fibrillation detection interval; first dorsal interosseous [muscle]; frequency domain imaging; functional disability index; International Dental Federation [Federation Dentaire Internationale]
• FDIU  fetal death in utero
• FDK  Feldkamp [algorithm]
• FDL  flexor digitorum longus
• FDLMP  first day of last menstrual period
• FDLO  fluorescent dye-labeled oligonucleotide
• FDLV  fer de lance virus
• FDM  fetus of diabetic mother; fibrous dysplasia of the mandible; finite differentiation method; fluorodeoxymannose
• FDMP  fluid depth at Morison's pouch
• FDNB  fluorodinitrobenzene
• FDO  Fleet Dental Officer
• FDOPA  fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine
• FDP  family doctor practice; fibrin degradation product; fibrinogen degradation product; flexor digitorum profundus; fructose-1,6-diphosphate; left frontoposterior [position of fetus]
• FDPase  fructose-1,6-diphosphatase
• FDPM  frequency domain photon migration
• FDPS  farnesyl diphosphate synthetase
• FDPSL  farnesyl diphosphate synthetase-like
• FDQB  flexor digiti quinti brevis
• FDR  first-degree relative; fractional disappearance rate
• FDS  Fellow in Dental Surgery; fiber duodenoscope; flexor digitorum superficialis
• FDSRCSEng  Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• FDT  right frontotransverse [position of fetus]
• FDTD  finite difference time domain [method]
• FdUrd  fluorodeoxyuridine
• (F)dUTP  fluorescent deoxyuridine triphosphate
• FDV  Fiji disease virus; foliar decay virus; Friend disease virus
• FDWT  fast dyadic wavelet transform
• FDXD  flat dynamic x-ray image detector
• FDZ  fetal danger zone
• FE  fatty ester; fecal emesis; fetal erythroblastosis; fetal erythrocyte; figure eight [Doppler signal kernel]; finite element; fluid extract; fluorescent erythrocyte; forced expiration; formaldehyde-ethanol; frequency-encoded; frozen embryo
• Fe  female; ferret
• F_e  fraction excreted [of dose]
• fe  female
• FEA  finite element analysis
• feb  fever [Lat. febris]
• FEBP  fetal estrogen-binding protein
• FEBS  Federation of European Biochemical Societies
• FEB SZ  febrile seizures
• FEC  fixed excitation codebook; forced expiratory capacity; free erythrocyte coproporphyrin; freestanding emergency center; Friend erythroleukemia cell
• FECH  ferrochelatase
• FECG  fetal electrocardiogram
• F_ECO2  fractional concentration of carbon dioxide in expired gas
• FECP  free erythrocyte coproporphyrin
• FECSR  flexion-extension cervical spine radiography
• FECT  fibroelastic connective tissue
• FECU  factor [VIII] correctional unit
• FECV  feline enteric coronavirus
• FECVC  functional extracellular fluid volume
• FED  field emission display; figure eight distribution; fish eye disease
• FeD  iron deficiency
• Fed  federal
• FedNets  Federal agency networks
• FEDRIP  Federal Research in Progress [database]
• FedStats  Federal statistics
• FEE  forced equilibrating expiration
• FEEG  fetal electroencephalography
• FEER  field echo with even echo rephasing
• FEESST  flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing with sensory testing
• FEF  forced expiratory flow
• FEF_25-75  forced expiratory flow at 25-75% of forced vital capacity
• FEF₅₀  forced expiratory flow at 50% of forced vital capacity
• FEF₅₀/FIF₅₀  ratio of expiratory flow to inspiratory flow at 50% of forced vital capacity
• FEFV  forced expiratory flow volume
• fEGG  fast electrogastrogram
• FEH  focal epithelial hyperplasia
• FEHBARS  Federal Employee Health Benefit Acquisition Regulations
• FEHBP  Federal Employee Health Benefits Program
• FEHBP-MSA  Federal Employees Health Benefits Program-Medical Savings Account
• Fe⁺²Hgb  ferromethemoglobin
• Fe⁺³Hgb  ferrimethemoglobin
• FeHV  felid herpesvirus
• FEIBA  factor eight bypassing activity
• FEKG  fetal electrocardiogram
• FEL  familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
• FELASA  Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Association
• FELC  Friend erythroleukemia cells
• FeLV  feline leukemia virus
• FEM  female; femur, femoral; finite element method [algorithm]; finite element model
• fem  female; femur, femoral
• FEMA  Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FEMINA  Felodipine ER and Metoprolol in the Treatment of Angina Pectoris
• fem intern  at inner side of the thighs [Lat. femoribus internus]
• FEN  flap endonuclease [protein]
• Fen  fenfluramine
• FENa, FE_Na  fractional excretion of sodium
• FEO  familial expansile osteolysis
• FE_O2, F_EO2  fractional concentration of oxygen in expired gas
• FEOBV  fluoroethoxybenzylvesamicol
• FEP  fluorinated ethylene-propylene; free erythrocyte protoporphyrin; front-end processing; front-end processor
• FEPB  functional electronic peroneal brace
• FEPP  free erythrocyte protoporphyrin
• FER  flexion, extension, rotation; fractional esterification rate; functional entity-relationship
• fert  fertility, fertilized
• FES  family environment scale; fat embolism syndrome; flame emission spectroscopy; forced expiratory spirogram; functional electrical stimulation
• Fe/S  iron/sulfur [protein]
• FESO₄  ferrous sulfate
• FESS  functional endoscopic sinus surgery
• FEST  Fosinopril Efficacy/Safety Trial; Fosinopril on Exercise Tolerance [study]; Framework for European Services in Telemedicine
• FeSV  feline sarcoma virus
• FET  field-effect transistor; forced expiratory time
• FETE  Far Eastern tick-borne encephalitis
• FETs  forced expiratory time in seconds
• FEUO  for external use only
• FEV  familial exudative vitreoretinopathy; forced expiratory volume
• FEV1, FEV₁  forced expiratory volume in one second
• FEV_1%  ratio of FEV₁ to FVC
• fev  fever
• FEVB  frequency ectopic ventricular beat
• FEVR  familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
• FF  degree of fineness of abrasive particles; fat-free; father factor; fecal frequency; fertility factor; field of Forel; filtration fraction; fine fiber; fine focus; finger flexion; finger-to-finger; fixation fluid; flat feet; flip-flop; fluorescent focus; follicular fluid; force fluids; forearm factor; forearm flow; forward flexion; foster father; free fraction; fresh frozen; fundus firm
• F2F  face-to-face
• F-F  femoro-femoral
• ff⁺  fertility inhibition positive
• ff^-  fertility inhibition negative
• FFA  Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists; free fatty acid
• FFAP  free fatty acid phase
• FFARCS  Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons
• FFB  fat-free body; flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy
• FFC  fixed flexion contracture; fluorescence flow cytometry; free from chlorine
• FFCM  Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine
• FFD  Fellow in the Faculty of Dentistry; finger-to-floor distance; focus-film distance; free-form deformations
• FFDCA  Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• FFDD  focal facial dermal dysplasia
• FFDM  full field digital mammography
• FFDSRCS  Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons
• FFDW  fat-free dry weight
• FFE  fast field echo; fecal fat excretion
• FFF  degree of fineness of abrasive particles; field-flow fractionation; flicker fusion frequency
• FFG  free fat graft

What health info have you recently searched for online? Disease or condition Exercise or fitness Diet, nutrition or vitamins None of the above

Overeating may double risk of memory loss
    - Full Story - - »»»

Cancer rate 4 times higher in children with juvenile arthritis
    - Full Story - - »»»

Fruits, Veggies Sprout in Health Centers, Houston’s Food Deserts
    - Full Story - - »»»

Optimism about heart risks may be a good thing
    - Full Story - - »»»

Study shows fainting factor in cardiac arrests
    - Full Story - - »»»

Teen pregnancy, abortion rates at record low, study says
    - Full Story - - »»»

Think you can’t get pregnant? Try again, study says
    - Full Story - - »»»