FLAP

n. Fla2p. Lat., panniculus, pars pendula. Fr., lambeau, levre. Ger., Lappen. A more or le sheet-like pendulous ma of ti ue detached in great part from the adjacent ti ue; in the pi., /'s, the Agaric us arvensis and the Peziza cochleata. [A, 505 (a, 21).] Amputation f. A f. made by the incision through the soft parts in amputating. [B.] Anaplastic f. Fr., lambeau an a plastique. A skin f. made to a ist in the restoration of a neighboring part, [o, 34.] Autoplastic f. Fr., lambeau auto plastique. A f. that is made to replace a destroyed part, [a, 34.] Corneal f. A f. consisting of the cornea, made in the course of a cataract extraction. [BJ Cutaneous f. A f. that includes only the skin and fascia, [a, 34.] F. amputation, F. extraction, F. operation. See under AMPUTATING, EXTRACTION, and OPERATION. F.- splitting. Splitting, with the knife, the margin of a fistula all round so as to form f's that may be brought together and sutured. [Colles, "Dubl. Jour, of Med. Sci.," May, 1861 (a, 34).] Periosteal f. An amputation f. consisting of periosteum, as in sub periosteal amputations. Rectangular f. A f. of rectangular shape, which is made by cutting parallel to the long axis of a limb. [B.] Skin f. See Cutaneous f. Solid f. An amputation f. consisting of both skin and muscle. [B.] Tegmentary f. See Cutaneous f. [s. 71]