| rebarbarize | To reduce again to barbarism. Rebarbariza"tion, "Germany . . . Rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars." (Sir W. Hamilton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| rebase | In dentistry, to refit a denture by replacing the denture base material without changing the occlusal relationship of the teeth. See: reline. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rebate | 1. A restangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet. 2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. 3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. 4. [Perhaps a different word] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. See: Rabbet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rebec | 1. An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. Alternative forms: rebeck] "He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note." (Drayton) 2. A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. Origin: F, fr. It. Ribeca, ribeba, fr. Ar. Rabab a musical instrument of a round form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rebel | 1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion. "The murmur and the churl's rebelling." (Chaucer) "Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord." (Josh. Xxii. 16) 2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. "Hoe could my hand rebel against my heart? How could you heart rebel against your reason?" (Dryden) Origin: F. Rebeller, fr. L. Rebellare to make war again; pref. Re- again + bellare to make war, fr. Bellum war. See Bellicose, and cf. Revel to carouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rebellion | 1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistances to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organised uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. "No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it." (Ames) 2. Open resistances to, or defiance of, lawful authority. Commission of rebellion, a process of contempt on the nonappearance of a defendant, non abolished. Synonym: Insurrection, sedition, revolt, mutiny, resistances, contumacy. See Insurrection. Origin: F. Rebellion, L. Rebellio. See Rebel, Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rebiting | The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action if acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rebound | Just like a rebound in basketball when the ball reverses its course and bounces back off the backboard, in medicine a rebound is a reversal of response upon withdrawal of the stimulus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rebound effect | The characteristic of a drug to produce reverse effects when either the effect of the drug has passed or when the patient no longer responds to the drug. (18 Nov 1997) |
| rebound phenomenon | Generally, any phenomenon in which a variable that has been displaced from its normal state by a disturbing influence temporarily deviates from normal in the opposite direction when the disturbing influence is suddenly removed, before finally stabilizing at its normal state, i.e., a phenomenon involving undershoot; e.g., the subsequent hypoglycaemia that may follow injection of glucose, because the initial hyperglycaemia caused excessive secretion of insulin. Synonym: Stewart-Holmes sign (05 Mar 2000) |
| rebreathe | To breathe again. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rebreathing | Inhalation of part or all of gases previously exhaled. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rebreathing anaesthesia | A technique for inhalation anaesthesia in which a portion or all of the gases that are exhaled are subsequently inhaled after carbon dioxide has been absorbed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rebreathing technique | Use of a breathing or anaesthesia circuit in which exhaled air is subsequently inhaled either with or without absorption of CO2 from the exhaled air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rebuck skin window technique | An in vivo test of the inflammatory response in which the skin is abraded and a slide applied to the abraded area to permit visualization of leukocyte mobilization. (05 Mar 2000) |