| MRV | minute respiratory volume; mixed respiratory vaccine |
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| RI | radiation intensity; radioactive isotope; radioimmunology; recession index; recombinant inbred [stra... |
| RR | radiation reaction; radiation response; rate ratio; rational recovery [group]; recovery room; relati... |
| URD | unspecified respiratory disease; upper respiratory disease |
| URI | uniform resource identifier; upper respiratory illness; upper respiratory infection |
| recurrent pneumonia in childhood | <radiology> IMMUNE PROBLEMS, immune deficiency, chronic granulomatous disease of childhood, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, ASPIRATION, GE reflux, H-type TE fistula, disorder of swallowing, oesophageal obstruction, UNDERLYING LUNG DISEASE, sequestration, brochopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis, atopic asthma, bronchiolitis obliterans, sinusitis, bronchiectasis, ciliary dysmotility syndromes, pulmonary foreign body (12 Dec 1998) |
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| recurrent polyserositis | Familial Mediterranean fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent pyogenic cholangitis | Repeated attacks of cholangitis, commonly noted among Asians living in Asia, associated with the presence of multiple intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct stones and strictures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent radial artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, radial; distribution, ascends around lateral side of elbow joint; anastomoses, radial collateral, interosseous recurrent. Synonym: arteria recurrens radialis, recurrent radial artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent scarring aphthae | A severe form of aphthae characterised by unusually numerous, large, deep, and frequent ulcers; healing may take as long as six weeks and results in scarring. Synonym: Mikulicz' aphthae, periadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens, recurrent scarring aphthae, Sutton's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent stricture | A stricture due to the presence of contractile tissue which may be dilated but soon returns. Synonym: contractile stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent tetany | A simple autosomal recessive trait in Scottish terrier dogs, characterised by arching of the back and a stiff-legged gait due to overflexed hindlimbs and abducted forelimbs. Synonym: Scotch cramp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent ulcerative stomatitis | <dermatology> Roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc, terminating in white sloughs, better known as thrush and the specks are called aphthae. Synonym: thrush, candidiasis. Origin: Sing. Of Aphthae. L, fr. Gr. (mostly in pl, Hipp) an eruption, thrush, fr. To set on fire, inflame. (25 Jun 1999) |
| recurrent ulnar artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, ulnar artery; distribution, two branches, anterior and posterior, pass medially in front of and behind the elbow joint; anastomoses, superior and inferior ulnar collateral, i.e., with articular vascular network of elbow. Synonym: arteria recurrens ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| communicating branch of superior laryngeal nerve with recurrent laryngeal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Branch of internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve communicating with the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the wall of the laryngopharynx supplying sensory fibres to the latter. Synonym: ramus communicans nervi laryngei recurrentis cum ramo laryngeo interno, ramus communicans nervi laryngei superioris cum nervo laryngeo recurrenti, Galen's anastomosis, Galen's nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of recurrent ulnar artery | <anatomy, artery> Contributes to blood supply of flexor carpi ulnaris and to articular network of elbow. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior tibial recurrent artery | <anatomy, artery> An inconstant branch of the posterior tibial artery which ascends anterior to the popliteus muscle, anastomoses with branches of the popliteal artery, and sends a twig to the tibiofibular joint. Synonym: arteria recurrens tibialis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Supply motor and sensory fibres to cervical oesophagus on right side and to cervical and upper thoracic oesophagus on left. Synonym: rami oesophagei nervi laryngei recurrentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| familial recurrent polyserositis | familial paroxysmal polyserositis |
| acute respiratory failure | Loss of pulmonary function either acute or chronic that results in hypoxaemia or hypercarbia. (05 Mar 2000) |