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Facial palsy inability to move the muscles of the face, usually on only one side, due to inflammation of a nerve

Faecal occult blood test a test that uses a piece of chemically sensitive paper to detect blood in a stool sample; used to screen for possible signs of cancer in the large intestine or rectum

Failure to thrive describes a baby who grows and gains weight slower than expected

Fallopian tube either of two long, slender ducts connecting a woman's uterus to her ovaries, where eggs are transported from the ovaries to the uterus and sperm may fertilise an egg

Familial a term describing a disorder or characteristic (such as male pattern baldness) that occurs within a family more often than would be expected

Fasciitis inflammation of the layer of connective tissue that covers, separates, and supports muscles

Fatty acid any of a number of carbon-, oxygen-, and hydrogen-containing molecules that make up fats

Febrile a term used to describe something related to a fever, such as febrile seizures (seizures occurring in a child who has a fever)

Femoral artery the main artery that supplies blood to the leg

Femur the bone located between the hip and the knee; the thighbone

Fertilisation the joining of an egg and a sperm, creating the first cell of a new life

Fertility the ability to produce a child

Fertility drug a drug used to treat infertility that contains hormones or substances associated with hormones

Fibre a constituent of plants that cannot be digested, which helps maintain healthy functioning of the bowels

Fibre-optics thin, flexible instruments that transmit light and images, allowing structures inside of the body to be viewed

Fibrillation rapid, inefficient contraction of muscle fibres of the heart caused by disruption of nerve impulses

Fibroadenoma a noncancerous tumour commonly found in the breast

Fibrocystic breast disease the most common cause of breast lumps

Fibroid a noncancerous tumour of the uterus made up of smooth muscle and connective tissue

Fibroma a noncancerous tumour of connective tissue

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