Medical terms - Letter F (page 2) | MedicalVocabulary.org

Familial ALS

ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in which there a family history of the disease. Familial ALS constitutes 5 to 10% of all cases of ALS. There are a number of different types of familial ALS. They are known as ALS1…
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in which there a family history of the disease. Familial ALS constitutes 5 to 10% of all cases of ALS. There are a number of different types of familial ALS. They are known as ALS1…
Familial breast cancer

A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of these risk factors is the history of breast cancer in a relative. About15-20% of women with breast cancer have…
Familial cancer

Cancer or a predisposition (tendency) to it that runs in families.
Familial colorectal cancer

A label applied to families that contain an unusual aggregation of members with cancer of the colon or rectum but that do not appear to have a known inherited colorectal cancer syndrome. Familial colorectal cancer (FCC)…
Familial cylindromatosis

A genetic syndrome in which numerous benign tumors of skin adnexa (such as the sweat glands) develop, principally on the head and neck. This disorder is inherited in an autosomal manner and is caused by mutation of the…
Familial dysautonomia

A genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system, affecting especially Ashkenazi Jewish children. Familial dysautonomia is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and is due to mutation in the IKBKAP gene on…
Familial eosinophilia

An autosomal dominant condition characterized by an abnormally high level of eosinophils in the blood. Despite the prolonged eosinophilia, there may be no symptoms. The gene for familial eosinophilia, called EOS, has…
Familial hypercholesterolemia

The most common inherited type of hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels in blood). One in every 500 children is born with familial hypercholesterolemia. The condition predisposes to premature arteriosclerosis including…
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

A genetic disorder of the heart characterized by increased growth (hypertrophy) in thickness of the wall of the left ventricle, the largest of the four chambers of the heart. Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHCM)…
Familial juvenile nephronophthisis (FJN)

A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys involving both the tubules and glomeruli, characteristically resulting in anemia, polyuria, polydipsia…
Familial lung cancer

Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family history of lung cancer or it can recur in two or more members of the same family and constitute familial lung…
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)

An inherited disorder featuring short recurring crises of severe abdominal pain and bouts of fever. Other symptoms include arthritis, chest pain from inflammation of the lung cavity, and skin rashes. Between attacks…
Familial mental retardation 1

See FMR1.
Familial mental retardation protein

See FMRP.
Familial Parkinson disease type 1

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene (SNCA) on chromosome 4q21. Also known as PARK1
Familial Parkinson disease type 10

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 1p. Also known as PARK10
Familial Parkinson disease type 11

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 2q. Also known as PARK11
Familial Parkinson disease type 2

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the gene encoding parkin on chromosome 6q25.2-q27. Also known as PARK2
Familial Parkinson disease type 3

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 2p13. Also known as PARK3
Familial Parkinson disease type 4

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 4p15. Also known as PARK4
Familial Parkinson disease type 5

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the UCHL1 gene on chromosome 4p14. Also known as PARK5
Familial Parkinson disease type 6

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in a gene on chromosome 1p distinct from DJ1. Also known as PARK6
Familial Parkinson disease type 7

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the DJ1 gene on 1p36. Also known as PARK7
Familial Parkinson disease type 8

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 12p11.2-q13.1. Also known as PARK8
Familial Parkinson disease type 9

A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to a gene on chromosome 1p36. Also known as PARK9
Familial polyposis

An inherited condition in which several hundred polyps develop in the colon and rectum.
Familial polyposis of colon, autosomal recessive

See: MYH
Familial polyposis of entire GI tract

See: Juvenile polyposis
Familial primary pulmonary hypertension

See: Pulmonary hypertension
Familial tremor

See: Essential tremor
Family

1. A group of individuals related by blood or marriage or by a feeling of closeness. 2. A biological classification of related plants or animals that is a division below the order and above the genus. 3. A group of…
Family history

The family structure and relationships within the family, including information about diseases in family members. The family history is often recorded in a family pedigree (family tree), which uses conventional symbols…
Family history of colon cancer

See: Colon cancer family history
Family history of colon polyps

See: Colon cancer family history
Family history of colorectal cancer

See: Colon cancer family history
Family medicine

Also called family practice. The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and…
Family physician

A physician who is educated and trained in family practice. 'Family physicians possess unique attitudes, skills, and knowledge which qualify them to provide continuing and comprehensive medical care, health maintenance…
Family planning, natural

Also known as fertility awareness, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not having sexual intercourse on the days of a woman's menstrual cycle when she could become pregnant or using a…
Family practice

The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope…
Family therapy

A type of psychotherapy designed to identify family patterns that contribute to a behavior disorder or mental illness and help family members break those habits. Family therapy involves discussion and problem-solving…
Family, extended

See: Extended family
Family, gene

A group of genes related in structure and often in function. The genes belonging to a gene family are descended from an ancestral gene. For example, the hemoglobin genes of critical importance to red blood cells belong…
Family, nuclear

See: Nuclear family
Fanconi anemia

Anemia: A genetic disease that affects all of the bone marrow elements, is associated with a great diversity of malformations as well as pigmentary changes of the skin, and predisposes to malignancy. Malignancy: Fanconi…
Fanconi pancytopenia

See Fanconi anemia
Fantod

A state of nervous anxiety or irritability. Also an irritable outburst. Pronounced fan-todd
FAO deficiency

Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish-like skin), spastic paraplegia (spasticity…
FAP

Familial adenomatous polyposis, a prominent hereditary colon cancer syndrome
Fari Amini

Amini, Fariborz