| rap | <oncogene> Oncogene related to ras. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| RAP kinase | <enzyme> Isolated from saccharomyces cerevisiae Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: ribosomal acidic p proteins kinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| rapaces | <zoology> Same as Accipitres. Origin: NL. See Rapacious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rapamycin | Immunosuppressive macrolide antibiotic with structural similarity to FK506, inhibits T and B-cell proliferation but at a much later stage than FK506, despite binding to the same immunophilin. Inhibits TOR (target of rapamycin) in the Ras/MAP kinase signalling pathway. (18 Nov 1997) |
| RAPD | <abbreviation> Rapid analysis of polymorphic DNA. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rape | One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. Origin: Icel. Hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. Hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. Hrepian, hreppan, to touch. 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. 3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes. Origin: F. Rape a grape stalk. 1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. "And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain." (Sandys) 2. Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent. 3. That which is snatched away. "Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore." (Sandys) 4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. Origin: Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. Rapere. See Rap to snatch. <botany> A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock (B. Oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole. Broom rape. <botany> See Colza. Origin: L. Rapa, rapum, akin to Gr, G. Rube. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rapeseed oil | The compressed oil from the seeds of Brassica campestris (family Cruciferae); used in the manufacture of soaps, margarine, and lubricants. Origin: L. Rapa, turnip (05 Mar 2000) |
| raphania | A spasmodic disease supposed to be due to poisoning by the seeds of Rhaphanus rhaphanistrum, the wild radish. Synonym: rhaphania. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raphany | <medicine> A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism. Origin: Cf. F. Raphanie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| raphe | The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovule that is fused along the side of the ovule. (09 Oct 1997) |
| raphe anococcygea | <anatomy> A musculofibrous band that passes between the anus and the coccyx. Synonym: ligamentum anococcygeum, anococcygeal body, raphe anococcygea, Symington's anococcygeal body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raphe corporis callosi | A slight anteroposterior furrow on the median line of the upper surface of the corpus callosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raphe linguae | <anatomy> Median groove or median longitudinal raphe of tongue; raphe linguae; a slight longitudinal depression running forward on the dorsal surface of the tongue from the foramen caecum. Synonym: sulcus medianus linguae, median longitudinal raphe of tongue, raphe linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raphe medullae oblongatae | The seamlike median zone of the medulla oblongata, marked by intercrossing fibre bundles among which lie scattered neuronal cell bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raphe nuclei | Collections of small neurons centrally scattered among many fibres from the level of the trochlear nucleus in the midbrain to the hypoglossal area in the medulla oblongata. (12 Dec 1998) |