Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Fa·bi·ana Pronunciation:
"fA-bE-'an-&, -'än- Function:
noun : a genus of heathlike evergreen shrubs of the familySolanaceae of Central and So. America that include one (
F. imbricata) whose dried leaves and twigs have been used to treat some kidney ailments
Faábiáán y Fueáro /fä-bE-'än-E-'fwer-O/,
Francisco (1719–1801), Spanish archbishop. Fabián was archbishop of Valencia, Spain. The genus
Fabiana was named in his honorin 1794 by H. Ruiz Lopez and J. Pavon.
