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fluorouracil An anticancer drug whose chemical name is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).

fluoroscopy An X-ray procedure that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. Fluoroscopy uses X-rays to produce real-time video images. Instead of using film, fluoroscopy captures X-rays with a device called an image intensifier and converts the X-rays into light. The light is then captured by a camera and displayed on a video…

fluorescence microscope A microscope that is equipped to examine material that fluoresces under ultraviolet (UV) light.

fluorescence in situ hybridization FISH.

fluid, cerebrospinal See cerebrospinal fluid.

fluctuating rib See floating rib.

flu vaccine See influenza vaccine.

flu shot See influenza vaccine.

flu, stomach A gastrointestinal illness caused by a microorganism. Stomach flu is not related to the influenza (flu) virus.

flu See influenza.

flow karyotyping Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content.

flow cytometry Analysis of biological material via detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells, or of subcellular fractions such as chromosomes, as they pass in a narrow stream through a laser beam. Flow cytometry can be used with automated sorting devices to sort successive droplets of a stream into different fractions, depending on…