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 FALLOPIAN TUBE. One of the two small tubes on each side of the uterus that convey the ova from the ovaries.

FANATICISM. Extravagant notions or opinions.

FECAL. Pertaining to the discharge of the bowels.

FECES. The discharge of the bowels.

FERMENT. To change by chemical action.

FETID. Having an offensive smell.

FETUS. The young in the womb after it is perfectly formed, i. e., after the fourth month of gestation.

FICTITIOUS. Imaginary, false, not real.

FILAMENT. A thread-like structure.

FILTER. To strain from solid particles.

FLEXIBILITY. The quality of being easily bent.

FLUCTUATING. A rising and falling suddenly; unsteadiness.

Focus. The meeting-point of reflected or refracted rays of light.

FOMENTATION. The application of warm liquids to the body.

FUNCTION. The normal or special action of a part.

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GALL-BLADDER ~) The pear-shaped sac in the right GALL-CYST lobe of the liver, the reser GALL-SAC ) voir for the bile.

GALL-STONES. Stones built up of layers of carbonate

of lime in the gall-bladder and its ducts. GANGLIA. Plural of Ganglion, a sub-nerve center. GANGRENE. The mortification or death of soft tissue. GASTRIC. Pertaining to the stomach. GELATINOUS. Resembling gelatine; jelly-like.