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Failure to thrive
Failure of an infant or young child to gain weight appropriately. The best way to know if your child is gaining weight appropriately is to track ... Read More
Fallopian tube
The ducts that conduct the egg from the abdomen to the uterus after ovulation and conception. It is within the fallopian tube that the sperm ... Read More
Family practitioner
Family Practitioners are primary care physicians who have had three years of residency to prepare themselves to treat all family members. ... Read More
Febrile
Marked or caused by fever; feverish
Febrile seizure
Convulsion that occurs in some otherwise normal children when their body temperature rises quickly. Children usually outgrow these types ... Read More
Fecundity
The chances of conception in any given month.
Femoral anteversion
Femoral anteversion is an inward twisting of the thigh bone, also known as the femur (the bone that is located between the hip and the knee). ... Read More
Femur
The femur is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee, constituting the upper leg (the part of the leg above the knee). As compared ... Read More
Fertilization
Fertilization is the process of combining the male gamete, or sperm, with the female gamete, or ovum. The product of this combination is a cell ... Read More
Fetal alcohol effects (FAE)
Effects of maternal alcohol consumption on the unborn child. FAE represents less pronounced findings than those seen from more extensive ... Read More
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
A constellation of findings representing damage to an unborn child as a direct result of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Consuming ... Read More
Fetal distress
Problems with the unborn child during labor. Sometimes during labor and delivery the fetus may not get enough oxygen from the placenta and may ... Read More
Fetal Heart Rate (FHR)
A baseline fetal heart rate usually falls between 110 and 160 beats per minute (with a normal variation of five to 25 beats per minute from the ... Read More
Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome
Pattern of birth defects connected to the mother’s use of hydantoin during pregnancy. Hydantoin is a type of medication used to prevent ... Read More
Fetal Pole
The fetal pole is a mass of fetal cells (the fetus in a somite, or embryonic, state), near but separate from the yolk sac. It first becomes ... Read More
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