| remittal | A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| remittence | A temporary amelioration, without actual cessation, of symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| remittent | Remitting; characterised by remission; having remissions. <medicine> Remittent fever, a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malaria. Origin: L. Remittens, p. Pr., cf. F. Remittent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| remittent fever | A fever pattern in which temperature varies during each 24 hour period, but never reaches normal. Most fevers are remittent and the pattern is not characteristic of any disease, although in the 19th century it was considered a diagnostic term. (05 Mar 2000) |
| remittent malaria | A malarial fever, usually of the severe falciparum type, in which the temperature falls but not to the normal level during the interval between two pronounced paroxysms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| remnant | Remaining; yet left. "Because of the remnant dregs of his disease." "And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humble wife." (Prior) Origin: OF. Remanant, p. Pr. Of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| remodeling | A cyclical process by which bone maintains a dynamic steady state through sequential resorption and formation of a small amount of bone at the same site; unlike the process of modeling, the size and shape of remodeled bone remain unchanged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| remonstrance | 1. The act of remonstrating; as: A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. "You may marvel why I . . . Would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost." (Shak) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation. 2. Same as Monstrance. Origin: Cf. OF. Remonstrance, F. Remonstrance. See Remonstrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| remontant | <botany> Rising again; applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| remora | 1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. 2. <zoology> Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellae, situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks (Echeneis naucrates), and the swordfish remora (Remora brachyptera), are common American species. 3. <surgery> An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. Origin: L., cf. F. Remora. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| remote | Separated from one another, separated by intervals or spaces greater than the ordinary. (09 Oct 1997) |
| remote consultation | Consultation via remote telecommunications, generally for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of a patient at a site remote from the patient or primary physician. (12 Dec 1998) |
| remote memory | Memory for events of long ago as opposed to recent events. (05 Mar 2000) |
| removable bridge | A partial denture which supplies teeth and associated structures on a partially edentulous jaw, and which can be readily removed from the mouth. Synonym: removable bridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| removable partial denture | A partial denture which supplies teeth and associated structures on a partially edentulous jaw, and which can be readily removed from the mouth. Synonym: removable bridge. (05 Mar 2000) |