| robe | 1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. "Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all." (Shak) 2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes. Origin: F, fr. LL. Rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, and cf. Rubbish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| robenidine | <chemical> 1,3-bis[(p-chlorobenzylidene)amino]guanidine monohydrochloride. An anticoccidial agent mainly for poultry. Pharmacological action: coccidiostats. Chemical name: Carbonimidic dihydrazide, bis((4-chlorophenyl)methylene)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| robert | <botany> See Herb Robert, under Herb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Robert's pelvis | An obsolete term for a pelvis which is narrowed transversely in consequence of the almost entire absence of the alae of the sacrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robert, Heinrich | <person> German gynecologist, 1814-1878. See: Robert's pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Roberts syndrome | <syndrome> Phocomelia or lesser degrees of hypomelia, microbrachycephaly, midfacial defect, prenatal growth deficiency, and cryptorchidism; autosomal recessive inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Roberts, J | <person> 20th century U.S. Physician. See: Roberts syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robertshaw tube | A variation of Carlen's tube that eliminates some mechanical disadvantages of the latter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robertshaw, Frank | <person> 20th century English anaesthesiologist. See: Robertshaw tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robertson pupil | <clinical sign> Pupils of the eye which react to accommodation but not to light. Seen in cases of tertiary syphilis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Robertson, Douglas Argyll | <person> Scottish ophthalmologist, 1837-1909. See: Argyll Robertson pupil, Robertson pupil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robertsonian translocation | <molecular biology> A special type of nonreciprocal translocation in chromosomes whereby the long arms of two nonhomologous acrocentric chromosomes are attached to a single centromere. The short arms become attached to form a reciprocal structure that however often disappears some divisions after its formation. (17 Dec 1997) |