flame (redirected from flame-like)

flame (flam)

1. the luminous, irregular appearance usually accompanying combustion, or an appearance resembling it.

2. to render an object sterile by exposure to a flame.

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flame

1. the luminous, irregular appearance usually accompanying combustion, or an appearance resembling it.

2. to render sterile by exposure to a flame.

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flame cell

the excretory cell in cestodes and trematodes; their number and arrangement is a basis for identification.

flame figure

in skin lesions such as insect bite reactions, eosinophilic granulomas; characterized by areas of altered collagen surrounded by eosinophils and eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules.

flame follicle

inactive hair follicles with excessive trichilemmal keratinization.

flame retardants

see fire retardant.