| resistance, pulmonary | The opposition of the respiratory tree to air flow. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| resistance, vascular | The opposition to the flow of blood across a vascular bed. (12 Dec 1998) |
| resistance-inducing factor | An agent from normal chick embryos that interferes with multiplication of the avian leukosis-sarcoma virus, and is seemingly an avirulent leukosis virus antigenically related to the avian leukosis-sarcoma virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistance-transfer factor | The transfer gene of the resistance plasmid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistance-transferring episomes | Plasmid's carrying genes responsible for antibiotic (or antibacterial drug) resistance among bacteria (notably Enterobacteriaceae); they may be conjugative or nonconjugative plasmid's, the former possessing transfer genes (resistance transfer factor) lacking in the latter. Synonym: R factors, R plasmids, resistance factors, resistance-transferring episomes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistant | Making or having powers of resistance, resisting. (18 Nov 1997) |
| resistant ovary syndrome | <syndrome> An obsolete term for amenorrhoea associated with hypergonadotrophism and normal ovarian follicles. Synonym: resistant ovary syndrome. Origin: after the surname of the first reported patient (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistive movement | In massage, a movement made by the patient against the efforts of the operator, or one forced by the operator against the resistance of the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistivity | <radiobiology> Tendency for a material/substance to resist the flow of electrical current and to dissipate its energy. Resistivity, when combined with certain geometry factors (generally length and cross-sectional area for wires) determines resistance. (09 Oct 1997) |
| resistor | An element included in an electrical circuit to provide resistance to the flow of current. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resoiling | <botany> The process of artificially building or reconstructing a soil profile. (09 Oct 1997) |
| resolution | Complete return to normal structure and function: used, for example: of an inflammatory lesion or of a disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| resolution acuity | The detection of a target having two or more parts, often measured by using the Snellen test types; indicated by two numbers: the first represents the distance at which an individual sees the test types (usually 6 meters or 20 feet), and the second, the distance at which the test types subtend an angle of 5 minutes; e.g., vision of 6/9 indicates a test distance of 6 meters and recognition of symbols which subtend an angle of 5 minutes at a distance of 9 meters. Synonym: visual acuity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resolutioner | One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. "He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner." (Sir W. Scott) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| resolvase | See: recombinase, site specific recombination. (18 Nov 1997) |