| remedial | Curative or acting as a remedy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| remedial teaching | Specialised instruction for students deviating from the expected norm. (12 Dec 1998) |
| remedy | 1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; with for; as, a remedy for the gout. 2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; followed by for or against, formerly by to. "What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us." (Milton) 3. The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See Civil. Remedy of the mint, a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; called also tolerance. Synonym: Cure, restorative, counteraction, reparation, redress, relief, aid, help, assistance. Origin: L. Remedium; pref. Re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. Remede remedy, remedier to remedy. See Medical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| remembrance | 1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. 2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. 3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. 4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. 5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonion; instruction. 6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. Synonym: Recollection, reminiscence. (08 Mar 2000) |
| remiges | <ornithology> The quill feathers of the wings of a bird. Origin: L. Remex, -igis, an oarsman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| reminder system | <psychology> Systems used to prompt or aid the memory. The systems can be computerised reminders, colour coding, telephone calls, or devices such as letters and postcards. (12 Dec 1998) |
| remineralization | 1. <physiology> The return to the body or a local area of necessary mineral constituents lost through disease or dietary deficiencies; commonly used in referring to the content of calcium salts in bone. 2. <dentistry> A process enhanced by the presence of fluoride whereby partially decalcified enamel, dentin, and cementum become recalcified by mineral replacement. (08 Mar 2000) |
| reminiscence | In the psychology of learning, an improvement in recall, over that shown on the last trial, of incompletely learned material after an interval without practice. Origin: L. Reminiscentiae, from reminiscor, to remember (05 Mar 2000) |
| reminiscent aura | A dreamy, detached, or reminiscent aura. Synonym: reminiscent aura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| remiped | <zoology> An animal having feet or legs that are used as oars; said of certain crustaceans and insects. One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See: water beetle. Origin: L. Remus oar + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. Remipede. (18 Dec 1998) |
| remission | <oncology> A complete or partial disappearance of the signs and symptoms of disease in response to treatment. The period during which a disease is under control. A remission, however, is not necessarily a cure. Origin: L. Remissio (14 May 1997) |
| remission induction | The initial course of treatment given to patients on admission to hospital to remove all clinically detectable cancer. (13 Nov 1997) |
| remission induction chemotherapy | The initial chemotherapy a patient receives to bring about a remission. (12 Dec 1998) |
| remission, spontaneous | A spontaneous diminution or abatement of the symptoms of a disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| remit | To become less severe for a time without absolutely ceasing. Origin: see remission (05 Mar 2000) |