| rasp | 1. To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder. 2. Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper. Origin: OF. Rasper, F. Raper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. Raspon to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. Rap. Cf. Rap to snatch. 1. A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file. 2. The raspberry. "Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be smaller. <botany>" Rasp palm, a Brazilian palm tree (Iriartea exorhiza) which has strong aerial roots like a screw pine. The roots have a hard, rough surface, and are used by the natives for graters and rasps, whence the common name. Origin: OE. Raspe, OF. Raspe, F. Rape. See Rasp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| raspatory | A surgical instrument used to smooth the edges of a divided bone. Origin: L. Raspatorium (05 Mar 2000) |
| raspberry | <botany> The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red and the white raspberry. The shrub bearing this fruit. Technically, raspberries are those brambles in which the fruit separates readily from the core or receptacle, in this differing from the blackberries, in which the fruit is firmly attached to the receptacle. Origin: From E. Rasp, in allusion to the apparent roughness of the fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| raspberry tongue | Strawberry tongue that is a dark red colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rasse | <zoology> A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Synonym: Malacca weasel, and lesser civet. Origin: Cf. Malay rasa taste, sensation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| RAST | An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The aim with rast, as with skin tests, is to check for allergic sensitivity to specific substances. Rast stands for radioallergosorbent test. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rastelli's operation | An operation for transposition of the great arteries plus ventricular septal defect and LV outflow obstruction; employs an intraventricular tunnel repair and a rerouting valved extracardiac conduit. For "anatomic" repair of transposition of the great arteries (ventriculoarterial discordance) with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; conduits are used to create left ventricular to aortic continuity and right ventricular to pulmonary artery continuity. All septal defects are obliterated as are any previously constructed palliative shunts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rastelli, Gian | <person> See: Rastelli's operation, Rastelli's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raspberry juice |
the liquid expressed from the fresh ripe fruit of varieties of Rubus idaeus L. (European red raspberry) or R. strigosus Michx. (American red raspberry); used in a syrup as a flavored vehicle for drugs.
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| Rastelli operation |
an operation for correction of large ventricular septal defects with pulmonary infundibular and valvular stenosis; an intraventricular patch is placed so that blood flows through the septal defect and out the aorta, and a prosthesis is placed to establish continuity between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
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RAS has several meanings:* Ras and ras related proteins are important in the regulation of cancers* RAS is an abbreviation for the Russian Academy of Science* Ras is a record label for recorded music, especially Reggae.* RAS is an abbreviation for the Remote Access Servers.* RAS is an abbreviation for Remote Access Service.* RAS is an abbreviation for row address select, input to dynamic random access memory (DRAM) indicating that the row address lines are valid. ...
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| rash |
A rash is a change in the skin which affects its appearance or texture. A rash may be localised to one part of the body, or affect all the skin. Rashes may cause the skin to change colour, itch, become warm, bumpy, dry, cracked or blistered, swell and may be painful. The causes, and therefore treatments for, rashes vary widely. ...
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| Rastafarian |
Rasta, or the Rastafari movement of Jah people, is a religious movement that reveres Haile Selassie I, the former emperor of Ethiopia, as King of Kings, Lord of Lords and the Lion of Judah. The name Rastafari comes from Ras Tafari, the pre-coronation name of Haile Selassie I, who Rastas of many mansions say is the earthly aspect of Jah (short for Jehova or the Rastafari name for God) and part of the Holy Trinity. ...
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| RAS | any red eruption of the skin |
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| RAS | marked by unthinking boldness |
| RAS | imprudently incurring risk |
| RAS | commercially important fish of the North American Pacific coast |
| RAS | in a hasty and foolhardy manner |
| RAS | the trait of giving little thought to danger |
| RAS | the trait of acting rashly and without prudence |
| RAS | Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) |
| RAS | a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment' |
| RAS | Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) |
| RAS | Danish ethnologist and arctic explorer |
| RAS | a coarse file with sharp pointed projections |