| REP | <radiobiology, unit> A roentgen equivalent physical is a unit of absorbed radiation approximately equivalent to a roentgen, an international unit of x- or gamma-radiation. An obsolete unit of measurement; that quantity of ionizing radiation of any kind which, upon absorption by living tissue, produces an energy gain per gram of tissue equivalent to that produced by 1 roentgen of X-rays or gamma-rays. Acronym: rep See: rad. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rep protein | <protein> A protein that triggers a plasmid's replication. An acronym for Repetitive Extragenic Palindromicprotein, this protein is an enzyme produced by a mutant strain of E. Coli that unwinds the DNA helix. (09 Oct 1997) |
| rep-silver | Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain. See: Reap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Ahumada-Del Castillo syndrome | <syndrome> Unphysiological lactation and amenorrhoea not following pregnancy characterised by hyperprolactinaemia and a pituitary adenoma. Synonym: Argonz-Del Castillo syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| american nurses' association | Professional society representing the field of nursing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Argonz-Del Castillo syndrome | <syndrome> Unphysiological lactation and amenorrhoea not following pregnancy characterised by hyperprolactinaemia and a pituitary adenoma. Synonym: Argonz-Del Castillo syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hortega, Pio del Rio | <person> Spanish neurohistologist in South America, 1882-1945. See: Hortega cells, Hortega's neuroglia stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nurses | Professionals qualified by education at an accredited school of nursing and licensed by state law to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurses' aides | Allied health personnel who assist the professional nurse in routine duties. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nurses, male | Nurses of the male sex. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Del Castillo | E.B., 20th century Argentinian physician. See: Del Castillo syndrome, Argonz-Del Castillo syndrome, Ahumada-Del Castillo syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Del Castillo syndrome | <syndrome> The absence from the seminiferous tubules of the testes of germinal epithelium, Sertoli cells alone being present; there is sterility due to azoospermia but no other sexual abnormality, Leydig cells are normal, and the output of gonadotrophins in the urine is increased; probably represents one form of seminiferous tubule dysgenesis. Synonym: Del Castillo syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| international council of nurses | An international professional organization composed of one association per country for the purpose of improving and developing nursing's contribution to the promotion of health and care of the sick. (12 Dec 1998) |