| reef knot |
Canonical Name: reef knot.Variant Name(s): square knot.Category: binding.Origin: Ancient.Related knot(s): thief knot, granny knot, grief knot.Releasing: Jamming.Efficiency: 48%.Caveat: This knot should NEVER be used to fasten two separate pieces of rope together. It is far too insecure (contrary to common opinion). It spills easily, but this can be very useful in certain situations. To fasten two ropes together, use a Sheet bend or a Fisherman's knot instead. ...
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| Reed-Sternberg cell |
A type of cell that appears in people with Hodgkin's disease. The number of these cells increases as the disease advances.
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| reef knot |
Also known as the square knot. This knot is an unreliable knot used to loosely tie lines around the bundles of sail that are not in use after reefing.
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| Reed-Sternberg cell |
The malignant cell in Hodgkin lymphoma. It takes various forms but is classically a large cell with two nuclei that is derived from aB lymphocyte. Thus, Hodgkin disease is now classified as aB cell lymphoma.
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| Reed c.’s |
giant histiocytic cells, typically multinucleate, most often binucleate with the two halves of the cell appearing as mirror-images of each other; the nuclei are enclosed in abundant amphophilic cytoplasm and contain prominent nucleoli. The presence of the cells is the common histiologic characteristic of Hodgkin's disease. A variant form is the lacunar cell (q.v.). Called also Dorothy Reed c's, Sternberg-Reed c's, Hodgkin c's, and Sternberg giant c's.
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