Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

2
Total fat; the sum of satu-
rated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fats.
3
A slang term for obese or adipose.
4
In chem-
istry, a compound formed from chemicals called
fatty acids. These fats are greasy, solid materials
found in animal tissues and in some plants.
5
A
kind of body tissue that contains fats stored as
energy that also insulates and cushions internal
organs, also known as adipose tissue.
fat, trans
See 
trans fatty acid.
fatty acid, trans
See 
trans fatty acid.
fatty liver of pregnancy, acute
See 
acute fatty
liver of pregnancy.
fauces
Throat.
fava bean
A broad bean to which many people
react adversely. Fava beans look like large, tan lima
beans. They are popular in Mediterranean and
Middle Eastern cuisines, are eaten raw when very
young, can be cooked in soups and many other
dishes, or may be made into fava brittle candy. Fava
beans are the main commercial source of the drug
L-dopa. Also known as broad beans. See also
favism.
favism
A condition characterized by hemolytic
anemia (breakup of red blood cells) that occurs
after a person eats fava beans or is exposed to the
pollen of the fava plant. This dangerous reaction
occurs exclusively in people with a deficiency of
the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
(G6PD), an X-linked genetic trait. However, not all
G6PD-deficient families appear to be at risk for fav-
ism; this indicates that an additional genetic factor
is needed in order to create susceptibility to favism.
See also 
deficiency, G6PD.
FDA
Food and Drug Administration.
febrile
Feverish.
febrile headache
See 
headache, febrile.