FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)
the gonadotropin that is released by the anterior pituitary gland. In females it stimulates development in the ovary of graafian…
FOLIE A GROUPE
This term is applied to a group of people that have an irrational but validated idea like a group of…
FOOD FADDISM
the dietary practice based on exaggerated and often incorrect beliefs about the effects of food or nutrition on health, particularly…
FOOD CACHING
a term applied to animals that store food for later consumption. Some birds will save enough food to eat over…
FOOD-INTAKE REGULATION
an ability to adjust food eaten to take into account many different environmental conditions, such as temperature, energy used, calorie…
FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR TECHNIQUE
the two part procedure for enhancing compliance where a minor initial request is presented immediately before the more substantial target…
FOCUS OF ATTENTION
the term that is applied to that aspect of an internal or external event to which a person's attention is…
FORAMEN MAGNUM
the large opening at the base of the skull that the spinal cord and left and right vertebral arteries and…
FOOTEDNESS
a term that is used for the preferential use of one foot rather than the other, for example, in kicking.
FOOT-CANDLE (FC)
a term that was used to describe luminescence that has been replaced by the lux. One foot candle is equal…