| RISA | <abbreviation> Radioiodinated serum albumin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rise | 1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like. To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air. To grow upward; to attain a certain heght; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer. To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall. To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early. "He that would thrive, must rise by five." (Old Proverb) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction. "A rising ground." To retire; to give up a siege. "He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . Was gone." (Knolles) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like. 2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically: To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. "He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good." To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore. To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower. To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs. "A scepter shall rise out of Israel." (Num. Xxiv. 17) "Honor and shame from no condition rise." (Pope) 3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. Specifically: To increase in power or fury; said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. "High winde . . . Began to rise, high passions anger, hate." To become of higher value; to increase in price. "Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . The ounce." (Locke) To become larger; to swell; said of a boil, tumour, and the like. To increase in intensity; said of heat. To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice. To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations. 4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. "At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection." (Milton) "No more shall nation against nation rise." (Pope) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed. "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." (Shak) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. "A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures." (Spectator) To come; to offer itself. "There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book." (Spenser) 5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life. "But now is Christ risen from the dead." (1. Cor. Xv. 20) 6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report. "It was near nine . . . Before the House rose." (Macaulay) 7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone. 8. To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form. Synonym: To arise, mount, ascend, climb, scale. Rise, Appreciate. Some in America use the word appreciate for "rise in value;" as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different. Origin: AS. Risan; akin to OS. Risan, D. Rijzen, OHG. Risan to rise, fall, Icel. Risa, Goth. Urreisan, G. Reise journey. CF. Arise, Raise, Rear. 1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen. 2. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step. 3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land. 4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream. "All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart." (R. Nelson) 5. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet. 6. Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like. "The rise or fall that may happen in his constant revenue by a Spanish war." (Sir W. Temple) 7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice. "The ordinary rises and falls of the voice." (Bacon) 8. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone. 9. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rise time | The time required for a pulse or echo to rise from 10% to 90% of its peak amplitude. (05 Mar 2000) |
| riser | 1. One who rises; as, an early riser. 2. The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread. Hence: Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like. 3. <chemical> A shaft excavated from below upward. 4. A feed head. See Feed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rish | A rush (the plant). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| risible | 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. "Laughing is our busines, . . . It has been made the definition of man that he is risible." (Dr. H. More) 2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing. "Risible absurdities." "I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance." (Sir W. Scott) 3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles. Risible is sometimes used as a noun, in the plural, for the feeling of amusement and for the muscles and other organs used in laughing, collectively; as, unable to control one's risibles. Synonym: Ludicrous, laughable, amusing, ridiculous Risible, Ludicrous, Ridiculous. Risible differs from ludicrous as species from genus; ludicrous expressing that which is playful and sportive; risible, that which may excite laughter. Risible differs from ridiculous, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and risible does not. Ris"ibleness, Ris"ibly. Origin: F, fr. L. Risibilis, fr. Ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. Ridiculous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| risk | The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| risk assessment | The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (12 Dec 1998) |
| risk benefit | An analysis of risk versus benefit is a complex assessment that must be made by a physician prior to the administration of a particular form of drug therapy. Since many medications may have side effects that can be harmful (during the course of treatment), the overall risk of a particular form of drug therapy must be weighed against the overall threat of the untreated disease process (or treatment with an altenative drug). (27 Sep 1997) |
| risk factor | <statistics> A clearly defined occurrence or characteristic that has been associated with the increased rate of a subsequently occurring disease. (14 Oct 1997) |
| risk factors | An aspect of personal behaviour or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| risk management | The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimised. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimise financial liability. (12 Dec 1998) |
| risk of recurrence | In medical genetics, the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in a family will recur in that family. The concept in general medicine means the chance that an illness we come back again. (12 Dec 1998) |
| risk patient | Patient who is at risk, because of his/her behaviour or because of the type of person he/she is. (18 Nov 1997) |
| risk reduction | Techniques used to reduce your chances of getting a certain cancer. For example: reducing your dietary fat may help prevent breast cancer. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eminentia hypothena'ris | An alternate term for hypothenar eminence. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| eminentia thena'ris | An alternate term for thenar eminence. (05 Mar 2000) |