| RBD | recurrent brief depression; relative biological dose; right border of dullness |
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| RCDA | recurrent chronic dissecting aneurysm |
| rec | fresh [Lat. recens]; recessive; recombinant chromosome; record; recovery; recurrence, recurrent |
| recur | recurrence, recurrent |
| RFP | recurrent facial paralysis; request for proposal; right frontoposterior [fetal position] |
| recurrent encephalopathy | A progressive form of encephalopathy occurring in young members of the same family; characterised by headache, vertigo, truncal ataxia, drowsiness and stupor, speech impairments, choreic-athetoid movements, and sometimes convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| recurrent fever | An acute infection characterised by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition has worldwide distribution and is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| recurrent herpetic stomatitis | Reactivation of herpes simplex virus infection, characterised by vesicles and ulceration limited to the hard palate and attached gingiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent hypopyon | <syndrome> A multisystem, chronic recurrent disease characterised by ulceration in the mouth and genitalia, iritis, uveitis, arthritis and thrombophlebitis. Often treated with immunosuppressive therapy (corticosteroids, chlorambucil). (27 Sep 1997) |
| recurrent interosseous artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, posterior interosseous; distribution, elbow joint; anastomoses, branches of profunda brachii and inferior ulnar collateral, i.e., articular vascular network of elbow. Synonym: arteria interossea recurrens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent laryngeal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of a nerve (the vagus nerve) that comes down the neck and turns back ( recurs ) to supply the larynx (the voice box ). (12 Dec 1998) |
| recurrent meningeal branch of spinal nerves | A branch from the initial (mixed) part of each spinal nerve passing in a recurrent fashion back through the intervertebral foramen to supply spinal meninges, the posterior longitudinal ligament, posterolateral periphery of the intervertebral disc, and periosteum of the vertebrae. Synonym: ramus meningeus nervorum spinalium, recurrent meningeal branch of spinal nerves, sinuvertebral nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent meningeal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Meningeal branches of 1) mandibular, 2) maxillary, 3) ophthalmic, and 4) spinal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of a nerve (the vagus nerve) that comes down the neck and turns back ( recurs ) to supply the larynx (the voice box ). (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |