| Rau's process | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Rau, Johann | <person> Dutch anatomist, 1668-1719. See: Rau's process, processus ravii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rauber | August A., German anatomist, 1841-1917. See: Rauber's layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rauber's layer | The thinned-out trophoblastic membrane over the embryonic disk in developing carnivores and ungulates, outermost cell layer which helps form the blastodisk; called blastodermic or primitive ectoderm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raucousness | The quality or state of being raucous. Origin: L. Raucus = hoarse (18 Nov 1997) |
| Rauscher | F.J., 20th century U.S. Oncologist. See: Rauscher's virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rauscher leukaemia virus | An RNA retrovirus associated with leukaemia in rodents; similar to Friend virus. Synonym: Rauscher's virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rauscher virus | A murine leukaemia virus associated with mouse tumours similar to those caused by the friend virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rauscher's virus | An RNA retrovirus associated with leukaemia in rodents; similar to Friend virus. Synonym: Rauscher's virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Raussly disease | A rare autosomal dominant neurological disorder with many of the clinical features of hereditary hypertrophic sensorimotor polyneuropathy combined with an essential tremor. Synonym: hereditary areflexic dystasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rauwolfia | A genus of the apocynaceae or dogbane family of tropical trees and shrubs containing alkaloids. These alkaloids have been used as tranquillisers and antihypertensive agents. Reserpine is derived from r. Serpentina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rauwolfia alkaloids | <chemical> Alkaloids from rauwolfia serpentina benth and other species. The prototype is reserpine, which is a depleter of catecholamines and serotonin from the sympathetic postganglionic fibres and brain areas. They have been used in hypertension and psychoses despite their wide range of potentially adverse effects. Pharmacological action: adrenergic uptake inhibitors, antihypertensive agents, antipsychotic agents, sympatholytics. (12 Dec 1998) |