| excessive | Exceeding the usual, proper or normal quantity, given to excess. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| frequent | 1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." 2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent. "He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government." (Swift) 3. Full; crowded; thronged. "'T is Caesar's will to have a frequent senate." (B. Jonson) 4. Often or commonly reported. "'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci." (Massinger) Origin: L. Frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. Frequent. Cf. Farce. 1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. "He frequented the court of Augustus." (Dryden) 2. To make full; to fill. "With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite." (Milton) Origin: L. Frequentare: cf. F. Frequenter. See Frequent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| frequent flooding | <ecology> Flooding which is likely to occur often during usual weather conditions (i.e., more than a 50 percent chance of flooding in any year, or more than 50 times in 100 years). (09 Oct 1997) |
| regular | 1. A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognised by the church. 2. A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; chiefly used in the plural. Origin: LL. Regularis: cf. F. Regulier. See Regular. 1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building. 2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits. 3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorised; permanently organised; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops. 4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy. 5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug. 6. <botany> Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin. 7. <chemistry> Same as Isometric. <geometry> Regular polygon, sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction. Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; opposed to militia. Synonym: Normal, orderly, methodical. See Normal. Origin: L. Regularis, fr. Regula a rule, fr. Regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. Regulier. See Rule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regular astigmatism | Astigmatism in which the curvature in each meridian is equal throughout its course, and the meridians of greatest and least curvature are at right angles to each other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regular insulin | A rapidly acting form of insulin which is a clear solution and may be administered intravenously as well as subcutaneously; may be mixed with longer acting forms of insulin to extend the duration of effect. Onset of effect occurs in 1/2 to 1 hour, peak effects are observed in 2 to 3 hours, and the duration of effect is about 5 to 7 hours. Synonym: globin insulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regular insulin injection | A preparation that may contain 20, 40, 80, 100, or 500 USP insulin units per ml, although the trend is toward standardizing all insulin preparations at 100 units per ml; it is administered subcutaneously, occasionally intravenously, and has a rapid onset of action, has a brief duration (5 to 7 hours), and is compatible for mixing with long-acting insulin preparations; used in the treatment of diabetic acidosis and insulin coma. Synonym: regular insulin injection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gram-positive asporogenous rods, regular | <microbiology> A group of regular rod-shaped bacteria that stain gram-positive and do not produce endospores. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anovulational menstruation | anovular menstruation |
| retained menstruation | An accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| retrograde menstruation | A flow of menstrual blood back through the fallopian tubes; it sometimes carries with it endometrial cells. Supplementary menstruation, bleeding from the navel or urinary tract due to endometriosis occurring at the time of menstruation. Suppressed menstruation, nonappearance of menstrual bleeding from whatever cause. Vicarious menstruation, bleeding from any surface other than the mucous membrane of the uterine cavity, occurring periodically at the time when the normal menstruation should take place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstruation | <physiology> The cyclic, physiologic discharge through the vagina of blood and mucosal tissues from the nonpregnant uterus, it is under hormonal control and normally recurs, usually at approximately four week intervals, in the absence of pregnancy during the reproductive period (puberty through menopause) of the female of the human and a few species of primates. It is the culmination of the menstrual cycle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| menstruation-inducing agents | Chemical compounds that induce menstruation either through direct action on the reproductive organs or through indirect action by relieving another condition of which amenorrhoea is a secondary result. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nonovulational menstruation | anovular menstruation |
| anovulatory cycle | A sexual cycle in which no ovum is discharged. (05 Mar 2000) |