Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

flood supplies kit
See 
disaster supplies.
floppy baby syndrome
An abnormal condition
of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate
tone of the muscles. Floppy baby syndrome can be
due to a multitude of neurologic and muscle prob-
lems. See also 
hypotonia.
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flow cytometry
Analysis of biological material
via detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing
properties of cells, or of subcellular fractions such
as chromosomes, as they pass in a narrow stream
through a laser beam. Flow cytometry can be used
with automated sorting devices to sort successive
droplets of a stream into different fractions,
depending on the fluorescence emitted by each
droplet.
flow karyotyping
Use of flow cytometry to ana-
lyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of
their DNA content.
flu
See 
influenza.
flu, stomach
A gastrointestinal illness caused by
a microorganism. Stomach flu is not related to the
influenza (flu) virus.
flu shot
See 
influenza vaccine.
flu vaccine
See 
influenza vaccine.
fluctuating rib
See 
floating rib.
fluid, cerebrospinal
See 
cerebrospinal fluid.
fluorescence in situ hybridization
FISH.
fluorescence microscope
A microscope that is
equipped to examine material that fluoresces under
ultraviolet (UV) light.
fluoroscopy
An X-ray procedure that makes it
possible to see internal organs in motion.
Fluoroscopy uses X-rays to produce real-time video
images. Instead of using film, fluoroscopy captures
X-rays with a device called an image intensifier and
converts the X-rays into light. The light is then cap-
tured by a camera and displayed on a video monitor.