| RES | <abbreviation> Reticuloendothelial system. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| resact | Sea urchin peptide hormone, affecting motility and metabolism. Receptor is a plasma membrane guanylate cyclase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| resazurin | A blue compound, 7-hydroxy-3H-phenoxazin-3-one 10-oxide, used as a redox indicator in the reductase test of milk and also as a pH indicator (orange at 3.8, violet at 6.5). (05 Mar 2000) |
| rescinnamine | 3,4,5-Trimethoxycinnamic acid ester of methyl reserpate; a purified ester alkaloid of the alseroxylon fraction of species of Rauwolfia; chemically and pharmacologically related to reserpine, with similar uses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rescript | 1. The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. "In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number." (Hare) 2. The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals. 3. A counterpart. Origin: L. Rescriptum: cf. F. Rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rescue | 1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. "Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot." (Shak) 2. The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. "The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods." (Blackstone) Rescue grass. [Etymol. Uncertain. <botany> A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States. Origin: From Rescue,; cf. Rescous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rescue work | Activities devoted to freeing persons or animals from danger to life or well-being in accidents, fires, bombings, floods, earthquakes, other disasters and life-threatening conditions. While usually performed by team efforts, rescue work is not restricted to organised services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| resealed ghost | <haematology> Membrane shells formed by lysis of erythrocytes resealed by adjusting the cation composition of the medium. Relatively impermeable, although more permeable than the original membrane. (18 Nov 1997) |
| research | Careful, a diligent search, a close searching, studious inquiry or examination. (18 Nov 1997) |
| research design | A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| research personnel | Those individuals engaged in research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| research support | Financial support of research activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| research, controlled | The first controlled clinical research was probably done in 1875 by the british naval surgeon james lind who, on board the hms salisbury, gave sailors with scurvy either oranges or lemons or cider or vinegar or nutmeg (or another treatment) and after just six days discovered that the citrus-consuming sailors had recovered from scury, until then the scourge of extended sea voyages, while the sailors who had been given the other treatments remained uncured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| resect | To remove part or all of an organ or tissue. (09 Oct 1997) |
| resectable | Capable of being removed by surgery (09 Oct 1997) |