Flexor Hallucis Longus
F
Frequent Flier
Someone who is a high utilizer of the hospital/healthcare system and is well known to the staff
FTT
Failure to thrive. A diagnosis given to patients who are generally malnourished or not gaining weight properly
FLK
Funny-looking kid, usually referring to the facial features of a child with a yet unknown malformation, congenital or genetic condition. “The patient delivered her child and hes an FLK, we’ll likely need to run a few genetic screens.”referring to the facial characteristics of a child with a genetic or congenital condition.
Fissure
a depression in the skin of any thickness (thus is an Erosion or Ulcer) that is linear in shape.
Furuncle
a [pustule of small size formed around a hair follicle
Filliform
Thread like “This lesion is filliform in nature.”
FOOSH
Fall Onto OutStretched Hand, usually in association with a fracture of the distal radius bone and scaphoid bone of the hand
Fx
Fracture. “The patient had a humerus fx after falling off the balcony.”