| Rankin's clamp | A three-bladed clamp used in resection of colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Rankin, Fred Wharton | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1886-1954. See: Rankin's clamp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rankine scale | A thermometer scale in which each degree Rankine (캲ank) is equal to the Fahrenheit but applied to the absolute temperature scale with its zero point at absolute zero; 캲ank = 캟 + 459.67. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rankine, William J McQ | <person> Scottish physicist, 1820-1870. See: Rankine scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rankle | 1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; used literally and figuratively. "A malady that burns and rankles inward." (Rowe) "This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people." (Burke) 2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom. Origin: From Rank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ranny | <zoology> The erd shrew. Origin: L. Araneus mus, a kind of small mouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ransack | 1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. "To ransack every corner of their . . . Hearts." (South) 2. To plunder; to pillage completely. "Their vow is made To ransack Troy." (Shak) 3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. "Rich spoil of ransacked chastity." (Spenser) Origin: OE. Ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. Razn house, AS. Raesn plank, beam) + the root of saekja to seek, akin to E. Seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Ransohoff's sign | <clinical sign> Yellow pigmentation in the umbilical region in rupture of the common bile duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ransohoff, Joseph | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1853-1921. See: Ransohoff's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ransomable | Such as can be ransomed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rantes | A chemokine that is a chemoattractant for eosinophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes. It is a potent and selective eosinophil chemotaxin that is stored in and released from platelets and activated T-cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ranula | <medicine> A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland. Origin: L, a little frog, a little swelling on the tongue of cattle, dim. Of rana a frog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ranular | Relating to a ranula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ranunculaceous | <botany> Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony. See: Ranunculus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ranunculus | Origin: L, a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. Of rana a frog; cf. Raccare to roar. <botany> A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. Aconitifolius, etc) in which the flowers are double and of various colours. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |