| rutin | <chemistry> A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| rutinose | 6-O-alpha-l-Rhamnosyl-d-glucose;a disaccharide of d-glucose and l-rhamnose, and a component of rutin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rutoside | <chemistry> A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ruttle | A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rutylene | <chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Ruysch's membrane | The internal layer of the choroidea of the eye, composed of a very close capillary network. Synonym: lamina choroidocapillaris, choriocapillaris, entochoroidea, lamina choriocapillaris, membrana choriocapillaris, Ruysch's membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ruysch's muscle | <anatomy> The muscular tissue of the fundus of the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ruysch's tube | A minute tubular cavity opening in the lower and anterior portion of each surface of the nasal septum; best seen in the early foetal period when it is associated with the vomeronasal organ (Jacobson's organ). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ruysch's veins | Portacaval anastomoses formed from vein's in the walls of retroperitoneal viscera, such as the ascending and descending colon, passing to the tributaries of the inferior vena cava in the posterior body wall instead of those of the portal vein. Synonym: Ruysch's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ruysch, Frederik | <person> Dutch anatomist, 1638-1731. See: Ruysch's membrane, Ruysch's muscle, Ruysch's tube, Ruysch's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |