| replicator | The specific site of a bacterial genome (chromosome) at which replication begins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| replicon | <molecular biology> Tandem regions of replication in a chromosome, each about 30m long, derived from an origin of replication. By definition a replicon must contain an origin of replication. (18 Nov 1997) |
| replisome | <molecular biology> Complex of proteins involved in the replication (elongation) of DNA that moves along as the new complementary strand is synthesised. On this basis a minimum content would be DNA polymerase III and a primosome. An RNA replisome has been proposed as a putative ancestor of the ribosome. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |
| replitase | <chemical> Synonym: DNA replitase (26 Jun 1999) |
| replum | A longitudinal partition in an ovary, formed between parietal placentas. (09 Oct 1997) |
| repolarization | The process whereby the membrane, cell, or fibre, after depolarisation, is polarised again, with positive charges on the outer and negative charges on the inner surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reportable disease | <epidemiology> Diseases, usually of an infectious nature, whose occurrence is required by law to be made known to a health officer or local government authority. (05 Dec 1998) |
| reporter gene | <molecular biology> A gene that encodes an easily assayed product (e.g. CAT) that is coupled to the upstream sequence of another gene and transfected into cells. The reporter gene can then be used to see which factors activate response elements in the upstream region of the gene of interest. (18 Nov 1997) |
| reporting, anonymous | In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of persons with a positive test or with a disease. It is different from anonymous testing, in which no name is used on the test sample. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reporting, named | In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments. This is standard practice for the surveillance of many infectious diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhoea, and tuberculosis that pose a public health threat. The opposite of named reporting is anonymous testing in which the individual remains nameless. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reporting, unique identifier | In public health, a system that uses information such as the person's birth date and part of their identification number (in the u.s., the social security number) to create a unique code that is reported instead of a name. It is an alternative to named reporting that provides some of the surveillance benefits of reporting by name, such as the elimination of duplicate reports, while reducing privacy concerns by avoiding use of a person's name. This system is used with HIV testing for example in maryland and texas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| repose | 1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. "Shake off the golden slumber of repose." (Shak) 2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment. 3. A rest; a pause. 4. That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eue; opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. <physics> Angle of repose, the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or side down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves. Synonym: Rest, recumbency, reclination, ease, quiet, quietness, tranquillity, peace. Origin: F. Repos. See Repose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| repositioning | <orthopaedics, surgery> The correction of a fracture, dislocation or hernia. (18 Nov 1997) |
| repositor | <surgery> An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| reprehend | To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. "Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish." (Bacon) "Pardon me for reprehending thee." (Shak) "In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . Are severely reprehended." (Dryden) "I nor advise nor reprehend the choice." (J. Philips) Origin: L. Reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. Re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |