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- Fabunan Antiviral InjectionAlternative medicine treatment
- Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemicHealth control procedure against COVID-19
- Facial hairHair grown on the face, chin, cheeks, and upper lip region
- Facial skeletonFacial bones of a skull
- Facial tissueDisposable paper used on the face
- Facilitated communicationDiscredited communication technique in disabled care
- Failure to thriveInsufficient growth or weight gain in children
- Faith healingPrayer and gestures perceived to bring divine intervention in physical healing
- Falling (accident)Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower posi
- Family medicineMedical specialty
- FarsightednessInability to focus on near objects
- FasciaBlasterSelf-massage device invented by Ashley Black
- FasciculationSpontaneous, involuntary muscle twitch
- Fat acceptance movementSocial movement against anti-fat bias
- Fat fetishismSexual attraction to overweight or obese people
- FatigueState of tiredness, exhaustion or loss of energy
- Fatty liver diseaseMedical condition where fat accumulates in the liver
- Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1Fatty-acid amide hydrolase 1 (FAAH) is a member of the serine hydrolase family of enzymes.
- Fear of flyingFear of being in an aircraft whilst in flight
- Fear of medical proceduresSome people have a fear of medical procedures at some point in their lifetime, which can i
- Fecal incontinenceInability to refrain from defecation
- Fecal occult bloodFecal occult blood (FOB) refers to blood in the feces that is not visibly apparent (unlike
- Fecal–oral routeDisease transmission via pathogens from fecal particles
- FecalithA fecalith is a stone made of feces. It is a hardening of feces into lumps of varying size
- Feldenkrais methodExercise therapy
- Female ejaculationExpulsion of fluid during orgasm
- Feminist bioethicsFeminist bioethics is a subfield of bioethics which advocates gender and social equality t
- Feminizing hormone therapyType of gender-affirming medical treatment
- Femoral fractureA femoral fracture is a bone fracture that involves the femur. They are typically sustaine
- Femoral headThe femoral head (femur head or head of the femur) is the highest part of the thigh bone (
- Femoral herniaFemoral hernias are hernias which occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal c
- FentanylOpioid medication
- Fertility awarenessFertility awareness (FA) refers to a set of practices used to determine the fertile and in
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorderGroup of conditions resulting from maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy
- Fetal circulationCirculatory system of fetuses
- Fetal distressPaediatric and children's diseases
- Fetal viabilityAbility of a fetus to survive outside the uterus
- FeverRaised body temperature caused by disease
- FibrateIn pharmacology, the fibrates are a class of amphipathic carboxylic acids and esters. They
- Fibroblast growth factor receptorThe fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR) are, as their name implies, receptors that b
- FibromaFibromas are benign tumors that are composed of fibrous or connective tissue. They can gro
- FibromatosisThe term fibromatosis refers to a group of soft tissue tumors which have certain character
- FibromyalgiaChronic multi-symptomatic pain disorder
- FibrosarcomaFibrosarcoma (fibroblastic sarcoma) is a malignant mesenchymal tumour derived from fibrous
- FibrosisExcess connective tissue in healing
- Fibrous dysplasia of boneFibrous dysplasia is a very rare nonhereditary genetic disorder where normal bone and marr
- FilariasisParasitic disease caused by a family of nematode worms
- FilarioideaThe Filarioidea are a superfamily of highly specialised parasitic nematodes. Species withi
- Final Exit NetworkRight to die advocacy group
- Financial market impact of the COVID-19 pandemicEconomic turmoil associated with the pandemic
- FinasterideAntiandrogen medication
- First aid kitCollection of equipment used for medical treatment
- First pass effectPhenomenon of drug metabolism
- First-in-class medicationA first-in-class medication is a prototype drug that uses a "new and unique mechanism of a
- FistulaAbnormal connection between two hollow bodily spaces, often organs
- Five-year survival rateType of survival rate
- Flat feetFoot arch deformity
- Flexibility (anatomy)Anatomical range of movement of a joint or series of joints
- FluconazoleAntifungal medication
- FludrocortisoneMineralocorticoid medication
- Fluid replacementMedical practice of replenishing bodily fluid
- FluoroscopyProduction of an image when X-rays strike a fluorescent screen
- FluoxetineSSRI antidepressant
- FluphenazineTypical antipsychotic medication
- Flushing (physiology)Redness of the face due to physiological conditions
- FluvoxamineSSRI antidepressant
- Focal seizureSeizures which affect only one brain hemisphere
- FolateVitamin
- Folk healerUnlicensed traditional health practitioner
- Follicle-stimulating hormone receptorThe follicle-stimulating hormone receptor or FSH receptor (FSHR) is a transmembrane recept
- Follicular dendritic cellsFollicular dendritic cells (FDC) are cells of the immune system found in primary and secon
- FolliculitisHuman and animal disease of follicles
- FomiteNon-living object capable of carrying infectious agents
- FondaparinuxFondaparinux (trade name Arixtra) is an anticoagulant medication chemically related to low
- Food allergyHypersensitivity reaction to a food
- Food and Drug AdministrationFederal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Food fortificationProcess of adding micronutrients to food products
- Food intoleranceMedical condition
- Food security during the COVID-19 pandemicDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity intensified in many places. In the second qu
- Force-feedingPractice of feeding a human or animal against their will
- Forced contraception of women in GreenlandDanish forced birth control program in Greenland
- Forced suicideExecution method in which the victim is forced or incentivised to kill themselves
- ForearmRegion of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist
- ForeheadArea of the head between the eyebrows and the hairline
- Foreign bodyObject originating outside the body of an organism
- Foreign body aspirationMedical condition
- Foreign body in alimentary tractOne of the most common locations for a foreign body is the alimentary tract. It is possibl
- FosterageRaising another family's child
- Fourth heart soundThe fourth heart sound or S4 is an extra heart sound that occurs during late diastole, imm
- Fourth nerve palsyFourth cranial nerve palsy or trochlear nerve palsy, is a condition affecting cranial nerv
- Foville's syndromeFoville's syndrome is caused by the blockage of the perforating branches of the basilar ar
- FOXF1Forkhead box protein F1 (FOXF1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXF1 gene.
- Fragment antigen-binding regionThe fragment antigen-binding region (Fab region) is a region on an antibody that binds to
- Frailty syndromeWeakness in elderly person
- Fraser governmentThe Fraser government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minis
- FrataxinFrataxin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FXN gene.
- FremitusFremitus is a vibration transmitted through the body. In common medical usage, it usually
- Friedreich's ataxiaRare autosomal-recessive human disease
- Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitisFuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) is a chronic unilateral uveitis appearing with the
- Functional gastrointestinal disorderFunctional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), also known as disorders of gut–brain interac
- Functional murmurA functional murmur (innocent murmur, physiologic murmur) is a heart murmur that is primar
- Fusion proteinFusion proteins or chimeric (kī-ˈmir-ik) proteins (literally, made of parts from different
