| rabbit plague | A virulent epidemic disease among laboratory rabbits caused by the rabbitpox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae; it does not apparently occur among wild rabbits. Synonym: rabbit plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rabbitpox | A virulent epidemic disease among laboratory rabbits caused by the rabbitpox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae; it does not apparently occur among wild rabbits. Synonym: rabbit plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rabbitpox virus | An orthopoxvirus that causes epidemics of pox in laboratory rabbits; immunologically, it is closely related to vaccinia virus but is more virulent in rabbits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rabblor | <mechanics> A scraping tool for smoothing metal. See: Rabble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabdoidal | <anatomy> See Sagittal. Alternative forms: rhabdoidal. Origin: Gr. A rod + -al. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabdology | <study> The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones. Alternative forms: rhabdology. Origin: Gr. Rod, stick: cf. F. Rabdologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabdomancy | Divination by means of rods or wands. Alternative forms: rhabdomancy. Origin: Gr. Rod + -mancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabid | 1. Furious; raging; extremely violent. "The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships." (Chapman) 2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist. 3. Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid god or fox. 4. <medicine> Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus. Origin: L. Rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabies | Same as Hydrophobia; canine madness. Origin: L. See Rage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabies immune globulin | Globulin fraction of pooled plasma of high anti-rabies virus titre from immunised persons. Synonym: rabies immunoglobulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rabies immunoglobulin | rabies immune globulin (human) |
| rabies vaccine | An inactivated virus vaccine, used for preexposure immunization to persons at high risk of exposure, e.g., veterinarians, and in conjunction with rabies immunoglobulin, for postexposure prophylaxis. The official preparation is human diploid cell vaccine produced from rabies virus grown in cultures of human diploid embryo lung cells and inactivated with propriolactone. It has a much lower incidence of adverse reactions than the previously used duck embryo vaccine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rabies virus | <organism, virology> Species of the Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies in humans. The virus infects the cells in the brain, causing a fatal encephalomyelitis. It is found all over the world, but strict quarantine regulations have excluded it from Britain and Australia. The virus infects a number of domestic and wild mammals, whose saliva is infective. Some bats and small mammals can carry the virus without showing any symptoms of disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| rabiform | Resembling rabies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rabot | A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |