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fast (fast)

1. immovable, or unchangeable; resistant to the action of a specific agent, such as a stain or destaining agent.

2. abstention from food, or from food and liquid.

3. to abstain from food, or from food and liquid.

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fast ¹ (fst)

adj.

1. Acting, moving, or being capable of acting or moving quickly.

2. Accomplished in relatively little time.

3. Exhibiting resistance to change. Used especially of stained microorganisms that cannot be decolorized.

4. Firmly fixed or fastened.

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fast ² (fst)

v.

1. To abstain from food.

2. To eat little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.

n.

1. The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food.

2. A period of such abstention or self-denial.

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fast,

1  adj, resistant to change, especially to the action of a specific medication or chemical, as a staining agent.

2  n, abstinence from all or certain foods. See also fasting.

3  adj, occurring quickly and in a short span of time.

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fast [fast]

1. immovable, or unchangeable; resistant to the action of a specific drug, stain, or destaining agent.

2. abstention from food.

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fast,

v to abstain from ingesting food for a specific period, usually for diagnostic, therapeutic, or religious purposes.

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fast

1. immovable or unchangeable; resistant to the action of a specific drug, stain or destaining agent.

2. quick.

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fast death factor

in algal poisoning caused by cyanobacteria of water bloom; microcystin, a cyclic decapeptide.

fast feathering

at one day of age, chicks with the gene K+ at the Z-linked feathering locus have longer primary feathers than those with the K^s gene. The difference can be used to determine sex at an early age. See also z-linked sexing.

fast muscles

muscles which respond to stimulation quickly and have a fast rate of contraction. They tend to be 'white' muscles but the association is not absolute.

fast twitch muscle fibers

fast twitch glycolytic cells adapted for rapid contraction for short periods, obtaining energy almost exclusively by anaerobic metabolism.

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fast

Nutrition A period of abstinence from solid foods or fluids as well, which may be required of a Pt before general surgery or before obtaining a specimen of blood for certain analytes. See 72-hr fast, Vegetable juice fast, Water fast Vox populi Vroom.(!).

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Patient discussion about fast.

Q. is there a fast and healthy way to loose weight? my sister is getting married 2 months from now and I want to loose about 20 lb. until then. How do I pull it off?

A. I think that the key to weight loss is not so much as dieting but taking control over what and how much you eat. I eat at least six times a day, thats four meals and two snacks. The protions that i eat however are not that big. I mostly just eat until I'm full or just satisfied. I really dont excercise either except for walking and I have lost 55 pounds over about a 3 or 4 month period. I LOVE food and the few diets that i did try didnt work, either because I was still hungry or I just didnt stick to them long enough to see results. I don't know if this works for everyone, but it worked for me. I think this worked because eating six meals a day kept my metabolism running almost constantly, so i ended up burning more calories than i took in. This may not take the weight off fast, but it can help you lose weight and keep it off. Hope this helps.

Q. What is the most fast way for weight loss? I need to lose 6p in one month. what's the best way to do it? my nutrition is fine- not too many sweets and I exercise like 2 times a week.

A. That's great news. I would have suggested some HIIT (high intensity interval training) and some resistance, weight training but it seems as though you have it covered. Congratulations.

Q. HIV in food at restaurants and fast foods? Let’s say an infected cook cut’s him self and a drop of blood fall’s on my hamburger. Can it infect me? Let’s say after it was cooked, just before serving.

A. No. The chances are negligibly small ... even in the scenario you are talking about.

It's not just a matter of how long the virus survives outside the body, but the virus actually has to come in contact with the blood system ... which is almost impossible in the digestive system (unless you are bleeding in your mouth somehow ... and even then the contact would have to be prolonged, not just food brushing past it ... for the virus to infect blood cells at the surface and find an entryway *into* the new blood system).