| rumination disorder | A mental disorder occurring in infancy characterised by repeated regurgitation of food; usually accompanied by weight loss or failure to gain weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ruminative | Characterised by a preoccupation with certain thoughts and ideas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ruminoreticulum | The rumen and reticulum of the ruminant stomach taken together, since they freely communicate via the ruminoreticular orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rummage | 1. To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; formerly written roomage, and romage. "They night bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging." (Hakluyt) 2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf. "He . . . Searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks." (Howell) "What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account!" (M. Arnold) Origin: Rummaged; Rummaging. 1. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; formerly written romage. 2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over. "He has such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony." (Walpole) Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop. Origin: For roomage, fr. Room; hence originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See Room. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rummager | 1. One who rummages. 2. A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; formerly written roomager, and romager. "The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a romager, to range and bestow all merchandise." (Hakluyt). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Rummel tourniquet | A tourniquet fashioned by passing an umbilical tape around a vessel and bringing both ends through a short red rubber catheter. The tourniquet can be tightened and secured with a perpendicularly placed haemostat at the end of the catheter farthest from the vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rummer | A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. Origin: D. Roemer, romer, akin to G. Romer, Sw. Remmare; perhaps properly, Roman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Rumpel, Theodor | <person> German physician, 1862-1923. See: Rumpel-Leede sign, Rumpel-Leede test, Rumpel-Leede phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rumpel-Leede phenomenon | Appearance of petechiae in an area following application of vascular constriction, such as by a tourniquet, usually after 10 minutes but can appear after shorter period, such as following application of tourniquet to draw blood specimen or use of blood pressure cuff. Due to capillary fragility or abnormal platelet numbers (e.g. Thrombocytopenia) or function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rumpel-Leede sign | A tourniquet test for capillary fragility, often positive in the presence of severe thrombocytopenia. See: capillary fragility test. Synonym: bandage sign, Hess' test, Rumpel-Leede sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rumpel-Leede test | A tourniquet test for capillary fragility, often positive in the presence of severe thrombocytopenia. See: capillary fragility test. Synonym: bandage sign, Hess' test, Rumpel-Leede sign. (05 Mar 2000) |