DEFINITION of 'Free Carrier-FCA'. A trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods to a named airport, terminal, or other place where the carrier operates.Costs for transportation and risk of loss transfer to the buyer after delivery to the carrier.When used in trade terms, the word free means the seller has an obligation to deliver goods to a named place for transfer to a carrier.ree carrier is a trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods to a named airport, terminal, or other place where the carrier operates. Costs for transportation and risk of loss transfer ... Personal Finance.
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB, FNA or NAB), or fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), is a diagnostic procedure used to investigate lumps or masses. In this technique, a thin, hollow needle is inserted into the mass for sampling of cells that, after being stained, will be examined under a microscope.
Fludeoxyglucose (18F) (INN), or fludeoxyglucose F 18 (USAN and USP), also commonly called fluorodeoxyglucose and abbreviated [18F]FDG, 18F-FDG or FDG, is a radiopharmaceutical used in the medical imaging modality positron emission tomography (PET).lthough in theory all 18 F-FDG is metabolized as above with a radioactivity elimination half-life of 110 minutes (the same as that of fluorine-18), clinical studies have shown that the radioactivity of 18 F-FDG partitions into two major fractions.