| Russell, G | <person> 20th century English physician. See: Russell's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Russell, Hamilton | <person> 20th century Australian surgeon. See: Russell traction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russell, James | <person> British physician, 1863-1939. See: hooked bundle of Russell, uncinate bundle of Russell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russell, Patrick | <person> Irish physician in India, 1727-1805. See: Russell's viper venom, Russell's viper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russell, William | <person> Scottish physician, 1852-1940. See: Russell bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russell, William James | <person> English chemist, 1830-1909. See: Russell effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russian autumn encephalitis | <pathology> An epidemic viral encephalitis that strikes populations in Japan and other East Asian countries, typically in summer months. Symptoms canresemble poliomyelitis, but the disease can also be virtually symptomless. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Russian autumn encephalitis virus | A virus of the genus Flavivirus (group B arbovirus) occurring particularly in Japan but probably widespread throughout Southeast Asia; the virus is normally present in humans, especially in children, as an inapparent infection, but may cause febrile response and sometimes encephalitis; it may cause encephalitis in horses and abortion in pigs; wild birds are probably the natural hosts and culicine mosquitoes the vectors. Synonym: Russian autumn encephalitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russian influenza | A pandemic of a strain influenza A virus thought to have originated in Russia; occurred in 1978. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus | An arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus that occurs in Central Europe and the USSR in two subtypes, causing two forms of encephalitis in humans: tick-borne encephalitis (Central European subtype) and tick-borne encephalitis (Eastern subtype); the vectors are ticks of the genus Ixodes. Synonym: Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus, tick-borne virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russian tick-borne encephalitis | 1. (Central European subtype) tick-borne meningoencephalitis caused by a flavivirus closely related to the virus causing the Far Eastern type; it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus, also by infected raw milk, especially that of goats. Synonym: biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, diphasic milk fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis (Western subtype). 2. (Eastern subtype) tick-borne encephalitis, a severe form of encephalitis caused by a flavivirus, a virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, and transmitted by ticks (Ixodes pertulcatus and I. Ricinus). Synonym: Russian tick-borne encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| russophobia | <psychology> Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence. Origin: Gr. Phobos = fear (16 Mar 1998) |
| rust | A type of club fungus that is a parasite on plants. The most common rust is Pucciniagraminis (black stem rust in wheat). (09 Oct 1997) |
| Rust's disease | Tuberculosis of the two upper cervical vertebrae and their articulations. Synonym: malum vertebrale suboccipitale, spondylarthrocace, spondylocace. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rust's phenomenon | In cancer or caries of the upper cervical vertebrae, the patient will always support the head by the hands when changing from the recumbent to the sitting posture or the reverse. (05 Mar 2000) |