Fonticulus

(jon-tik'-u-lus) [dim. of fons, a fountain], i. A fontanel. 2. An issue.

Food [AS., foda]. Anything which, when taken into the body, is capable of building up tissue, or, by oxidation, of supplying heat.

Foot [ME.]. 1. The terminal extremity of the leg. It consists of the tarsus, meta- tarsus, and phalanges, or toes. 2. The base of a microscope. 3. A measure of length equal to 12 inches, or 30.479 cm. F.-and- mouth Disease, a febrile affection of sheep, cows, pigs, and horses, rarely of man, mani- festing itself by the appearance of vesicles and bullas in the mouth and on the feet. It is probably due to a special microorganism.

F. -clonus. See Ankle-clonus. F.-drop, a falling of the foot due to a paralysis of the flexors of the ankle. F., Fungus-. See Madura-foot. F. -pound, the work equal to that of raising a pound to the height of one foot. F., Tabetic. 1. An extension of the foot in preataxic tabes observed when the patient is lying down. 2. An affection of the foot in the beginning of tabes, marked by numbness and formication, followed by hyper- trophy of the head of the astragalus, scaphoid, cuneiform, and metatarsal bones.

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