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Ferric C. Fang
Ferric C. Fang is an American physician and microbiologist, professor at the University of Washington since 2001 and director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Ferric carboxymaltose
Ferric carboxymaltose (Injectafer, Ferinject) is an intravenous iron(III)-hydroxide carbohydrate complex approved in 2013 for iron deficiency anemia; notable for single high-dose dosing and FGF23-mediated hypophosphatemia risk, now under an FDA boxed warning.
Ferric chloride test
The ferric chloride test is a qualitative chemical test in which phenols form intensely colored blue, violet, purple, green, or red-brown complexes with aqueous iron(III) chloride.
Ferric derisomaltose
Ferric derisomaltose (iron isomaltoside 1000; Monoferric, Monofer) is an intravenous iron-carbohydrate complex for iron deficiency anemia, approved in Europe 2009 and the US in 2020, with low hypophosphatemia versus ferric carboxymaltose.
Ferric maltol
Ferric maltol (Feraccru, Accrufer) is an oral ferric iron-trimaltol complex for iron deficiency with or without anemia, approved in Europe and the US, dosed 30 mg twice daily, with gastrointestinal tolerability better than ferrous salts.
Ferric phosphate
Ferric phosphate (iron phosphate, FePO4) is an iron salt used as a molluscicide active ingredient in slug and snail baits such as Sluggo, registered in the US since 1997 and EU-approved as a low-risk substance to 2030; it kills by stomach poisoning within about a week and is safer than metaldehyde around pets and wildlife.
Ferric pyrophosphate
Ferric pyrophosphate (iron(III) diphosphate, Fe4(P2O7)3·xH2O, CAS 10058-44-3) is a water-insoluble iron salt used as a food iron fortificant, parenteral iron drug (ferric pyrophosphate citrate, FDA 2015), and EU low-risk molluscicide (2020/1018).
Ferric-uptake regulator
Ferric uptake regulator (Fur), bacterial Fe2+-sensing transcription factor and FUR superfamily founder; represses iron uptake genes at the Fur box, regulates 100+ E. coli genes, paralogs Zur, PerR, Mur, Nur, Irr.
Ferrier Oil and Gas Field
Ferrier is an oil and gas field in west-central Alberta, near Rocky Mountain House, producing from the Cardium Formation since oil was discovered there in 1954.
Ferrières
Ferrières (from Latin ferraria) is a French toponym for iron-mine sites; namesakes include Ferrières-en-Bray (attested 862), Ferrières-lès-Verreries (eponym of the Neolithic Ferrières culture), and Walloon and Norman mining towns.
Ferrières-sur-Beaulieu
Ferrières-sur-Beaulieu (officially Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu), commune 37108 in Indre-et-Loire, France, near Loches; 703 inhabitants in 2023, named from Latin ferraria for Gaulish iron mines, with a 13th-century Angevin-vaulted church of Saint-Gilles.
Ferrihydrite
Ferrihydrite is a widespread, poorly crystalline iron(III) oxyhydroxide nanomineral, named in 1971, that forms rust-colored precipitates in soils, springs, and acid mine drainage, and has been identified on Mars.
Ferrimagnetism
Ferrimagnetism is magnetic ordering in which two antiparallel sublattice moments of unequal size leave a net magnetization; Louis Néel explained it, and magnetite is the archetype.
Ferriman–Gallwey score
The Ferriman–Gallwey score is a clinical scoring system that grades hair growth in nine androgen-sensitive body areas, quantifying hirsutism in women, mainly in PCOS diagnosis.
Ferris Bueller (TV series)
Ferris Bueller (NBC, 1990–1991) was a 13-episode sitcom based on the 1986 film, starring Charlie Schlatter and Jennifer Aniston, cancelled mid-season after poor ratings and negative reviews.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is John Hughes's 1986 Paramount teen comedy starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia Sara, about a fake sick day spent touring Chicago; it grossed over $70 million and joined the National Film Registry in 2014.
Ferris State Bulldogs football, 2020–present
Ferris State Bulldogs football 2020-present: NCAA Division II program in Big Rapids, Michigan, that won four D2 national championships (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) under coach Tony Annese, including a perfect 16-0 season in 2025.
Ferris State University
Ferris State University: public university in Big Rapids, Michigan (also called FSU), founded 1884 as Big Rapids Industrial School by Woodbridge and Helen Ferris; state institution 1950, university 1987-88; seven colleges, ~12,500 students, NCAA Division II Bulldogs.
Ferris wheel
Ferris wheel (site): an observation ride, koleso obozreniya or chortovo koleso, named for G.W.G. Ferris Jr.'s 75 m steam-driven wheel; covers Soviet park wheels, Pripyat's never-ridden 26 m wheel, and modern European wheels up to 74 m.
Ferris Wheel Ticketing (摩天轮票务网)
Ferris Wheel Ticketing (摩天轮票务网), also known as Moretickets, was a Chinese online marketplace for discounted concert and theater tickets, founded by Cui Jiefu in 2015.
Ferrite (magnet)
Ferrite magnets, also called ceramic magnets, are permanent magnets made of sintered strontium or barium ferrite, the most used magnets worldwide and common in motors and loudspeakers.
Ferrite bead
A ferrite bead, also known as a ferrite choke or block, is a passive component threaded onto a conductor that suppresses radio-frequency noise by converting it into heat.
Ferritin
Ferritin: conserved 24-subunit iron storage protein, discovered 1937 by Laufberger; stores iron in a nontoxic ferric mineral core; serum ferritin is the standard clinical marker of body iron stores, adjusted for inflammation.
Ferritin nanocage drug delivery
Ferritin nanocage drug delivery uses ferritin, a hollow iron-storage protein that self-assembles into a 12 nm cage, to carry drugs, imaging agents, and therapeutic proteins into tumor cells.
Ferro
Ferro (Club Ferro Carril Oeste), Argentine multi-sport club founded 28 July 1904 by 95 railway employees in Caballito, Buenos Aires; football national champion 1982 and 1984 under Griguol, green colors since about 1912.
Ferro-cerebro-cutaneous syndrome
Ferro-cerebro-cutaneous syndrome, also known as neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy and hemochromatosis, is a rare X-linked condition caused by PIGA gene mutations, with seizures, skin abnormalities, and body-wide iron overload beginning in infancy.
Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
The Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB) is a Chilean freight railway and logistics company founded in London in 1888, moving mining cargo across a network of more than 700 kilometers.
Ferrocarril Transístmico
The Ferrocarril Transístmico, today the Tren Interoceánico, is a Mexican freight and passenger railway linking the Pacific port of Salina Cruz and the Gulf port of Coatzacoalcos.
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, or FNM, was Mexico's state railway company, created in 1908, nationalized outright in 1937, and privatized through concessions in the late 1990s.
Ferrocement
Ferrocement is a thin-wall reinforced concrete in which cement mortar is reinforced with closely spaced layers of steel wire mesh, invented by Joseph-Louis Lambot in 1855 and used for boats, water tanks, and low-cost construction.