| revivescence | Synonym: revivification. Origin: L. Re-vivesco, to come to life again, fr. Vivo, to live (05 Mar 2000) |
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| revivification | 1. Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recaling, or the state of being recalled, to life. 2. <chemistry> The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state. Origin: Cf. F. Revivification. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| revolt | 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. "But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free." (Milton) "HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time." (J. Morley) 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. "Our discontented counties do revolt." (Shak) "Plant those that have revolted in the van." (Shak) 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty. Origin: Cf. F. Revoller, It. Rivoltare. See Revolt. 1. The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire. "Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?" (Milton) 2. A revolter. "Ingrate revolts." Synonym: Insurrection, sedition, rebellion, mutiny. See Insurrection. Origin: F. Revolte, It. Rivolta, fr. Rivolto, p. P. Fr. L. Revolvere, revolutum. See Revolve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| revolute | Rolled downwards or backwards. (09 Oct 1997) |
| revolution | 1. The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc. 2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral. "That fear Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution, On my defenseless head." (Milton) 3. The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events. "The short revolution of a day." 4. <astronomy> The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth. The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the motion of a single body, as a planet, about its own axis, but this motion is usually called rotation. 5. <geometry> The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere. 6. A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living. "The ability . . . Of the great philosopher speedily produced a complete revolution throughout the department." (Macaulay) 7. A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed. "The violence of revolutions is generally proportioned to the degree of the maladministration which has produced them." (Macaulay) When used without qualifying terms, the word is often applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (a) The English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James II. (b) The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by which the English colonies, since known as the United States, secured their independence. (c) The revolution in France in 1789, commonly called the French Revolution, the subsequent revolutions in that country being designated by their dates, as the Revolution of 1830, of 1848, etc. Origin: F. Revolution, L. Revolutio. See Revolve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| revolving | Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc, depending on the revolution of the earth. "But grief returns with the revolving year." (Shelley) "Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass." (Cowper) Revolving firearm. See Revolver. Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| revulsion | 1. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal. "Revulsions and pullbacks." 2. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; applied to the feelings. "A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed." (Macaulay) 3. <medicine> The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation. Origin: F. Revulsion, L. Revulsio, fr. Revellere, revulsum, to pluck or pull away; pref. Re- re- + vellere to pull. Cf. Convulse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| revulsive | 1. Effecting revulsion. 2. <pharmacology> An agent causing revulsion, a counter irritant. Origin: L. Vellere = to draw (18 Nov 1997) |
| revascularization |
A broad term that describes surgical and catheter procedures that are used to restore blood flow to the heart.
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| reverse transcriptase |
An HIV enzyme that the virus requires to reproduce itself
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| reverse transcriptase |
This enzyme of HIV-and other retroviruses-converts the single-stranded viral RNA into DNA, the form in which the cell carries its genes. Antiretrovirals such as NRTIs and NNRTIs inhibit this stage of the viral life cycle.
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| reverse mutation |
A mutational change from a mutant allele back to a wild-type allele.
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| reverse transcriptase |
An enzyme (an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase) that makes a complementary DNA copy of an mRNA strand.
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| REV | American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) |
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| REV | profoundly honored |
| REV | worthy of adoration or reverence |
| REV | a reverent mental attitude |
| REV | a profound fear inspired by a deity |
| REV | regard with feelings of respect and reverence |
| REV | worthy of adoration or reverence |
| REV | a title of respect for a clergyman |
| REV | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
| REV | worthy of adoration or reverence |
| REV | English author |
| REV | showing great reverence for god |
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