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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Failure to thrive |
describes a baby who grows and gains weight slower than expected |
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| 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 |
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| Familial |
a term describing a disorder or characteristic (such as male pattern baldness) that occurs within a family more often than would be expected |
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| Fasciitis |
inflammation of the layer of connective tissue that covers, separates, and supports muscles |
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| Fatty acid |
any of a number of carbon-, oxygen-, and hydrogen-containing molecules that make up fats |
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| Febrile |
a term used to describe something related to a fever, such as febrile seizures (seizures occurring in a child who has a fever) |
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| Femoral artery |
the main artery that supplies blood to the leg |
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| Femur |
the bone located between the hip and the knee; the thighbone |
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| Fertilisation |
the joining of an egg and a sperm, creating the first cell of a new life |
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| Fertility |
the ability to produce a child |
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| Fertility drug |
a drug used to treat infertility that contains hormones or substances associated with hormones |
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| Fibre |
a constituent of plants that cannot be digested, which helps maintain healthy functioning of the bowels |
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| Fibre-optics |
thin, flexible instruments that transmit light and images, allowing structures inside of the body to be viewed |
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| Fibrillation |
rapid, inefficient contraction of muscle fibres of the heart caused by disruption of nerve impulses |
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| Fibroadenoma |
a noncancerous tumour commonly found in the breast |
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| Fibrocystic breast disease |
the most common cause of breast lumps |
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| Fibroid |
a noncancerous tumour of the uterus made up of smooth muscle and connective tissue |
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| Fibroma |
a noncancerous tumour of connective tissue |
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