fallopio
- n Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)
fallopius
- n Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)
fallot
- n French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)
fallot's syndrome
- n a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
fallot's tetralogy
- n a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
fallout
- n the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
- n any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal
fallout shelter
- n a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb