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In immunology, an Fc receptor is a protein found on the surface of certain cells – including, among others, B lymphocytes, follicular dendritic cells, natural killer cells, macrophages, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, human platelets, and mast cells – that contribute to the protective functions of the immune system.
A foot-candle (sometimes foot candle; abbreviated fc, lm/ft 2, or sometimes ft-c) is a non-SI unit of illuminance or light intensity. The foot-candle is defined as one lumen per square foot. This unit is commonly used in lighting layouts in parts of the world where United States customary units are used, mainly the United States. [ 1 ]
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
The fragment crystallizable region (Fc region) is the tail region of an antibody that interacts with cell surface receptors called Fc receptors and some proteins of the complement system. This region allows antibodies to activate the immune system , for example, through binding to Fc receptors .
FC connector, a type of optical-fiber connector; Flash controller; Family Computer, video game console released in Japan in 1983, later redesigned and brought to the west as the Nintendo Entertainment System; Fibre Channel, a serial computer bus; File Compare (fc), an MS-DOS, OS/2 and Windows command line tool; fc a casefolding feature in perl
The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
FC WBA Finncomm Airlines: WESTBIRD Finland FNF Finnish Air Force: FINNFORCE Finland FIH FinnHEMS: FINNHEMS Finland [1] FY FFM Firefly: FIREFLY Malaysia 7F FAB First Air: FIRST AIR Canada JRF First Air Transport: Japan FCC First Cambodia Airlines: FIRST CAMBODIA Cambodia FCA Fly-Coop Air Service: COOPAIR Hungary MBL First City Air: FIRST CITY ...
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").