| RTR | Recreational Therapist, Registered; red blood cell turnover rate; retention time ratio |
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| VRBC | red blood cell volume |
| CR | calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiac resuscitatio... |
| SRC | sedimented red cells; sheep red cells |
| RCA | red cell agglutination; relative chemotactic activity; renal cell carcinoma; right carotid artery; r... |
| red vision | An abnormality of vision in which all objects appear to be tinged with red. Synonym: red vision. Origin: erythro-+ G. Ops, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
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| red wine | Claret, an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting grapes, the fruit of Vitis vinifera, with their skins (which imparts colour); has been used as a tonic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vital red | Trisodium salt of a sulfonated diazo dye (a ditolyl group diazotised to sulfonated aminonaphthalene residues), used as a vital stain. Synonym: brilliant vital red. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medicinal scarlet red | O-Tolylazo-o-tolylazo-beta-naphthol. An azo dye; a dark, brownish red powder, soluble in oils, fats, and chloroform, but insoluble in water; used in medicine as a vulnerary, in histology to stain fat in tissue sections and basic proteins at high pH, and in immunoelectrophoresis. Synonym: Biebrich scarlet red, medicinal scarlet red, scharlach red, Sudan IV. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cherry-red spot | The ophthalmoscopic appearance of the normal choroid beneath the fovea centralis, appearing as a red spot surrounded by white retinal oedema in central artery closure or lipid infiltration in sphingolipidosis. Synonym: Tay's cherry-red spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cherry-red spot myoclonus syndrome | <syndrome> A neuronal storage disorder in children characterised by a cherry red spot at the macula, progressive myoclonus, and easily controlled seizures; the result of sialidase deficiency. Type 1 is characterised by normal body habitus, cherry red macula, myoclonus, and normal beta-galactosidase levels; type 2 by short stature, bony abnormalities, and deficient beta-galactosidase. Synonym: sialidosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chlorphenol red | An acid-base indicator (MW 423, pK 6.0): yellow at pH values below 5.1, red above 6.7. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholera-red reaction | A test for cholera vibrio whereby the addition of 3 or 4 drops of sulfuric acid (concentrated, chemically pure) to an 18-hour-old bouillon or peptone culture of the organism produces a colour from rose-pink to claret. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methyl red | C15H15N3O2;a weakly acid dye used as a pH indicator (red at 4.8, yellow at 6.0); easily reduced with loss of colour, and pH readings must be made rapidly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome red | Basic lead chromate, PbCrO4PbO. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rose-red | <zoology> Red as a rose; specifically, of a pure purplish red colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phenol red | <chemical> 4,4'-(3h-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bisphenol s,s-dioxide. Red dye, pH indicator, and diagnostic aid for determination of renal function. It is used also for studies of the gastrointestinal and other systems. Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents, phthalein dyes. Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis-, S,S-dioxide (12 Dec 1998) |
| ruthenium red | <chemical> A stain used in electron microscopy for acid mucopolysaccharides on the outer surfaces of cells. (17 Dec 1997) |
| Congolian red fever | An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microoganism, rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis). The animal reservoir includes rats, mice and other rodents. Murine typhus occurs sporadically worldwide but is more prevalent in congested rat-infested urban areas. Also known as endemic typhus, rat-flea typhus; urban typhus of malaya). (12 Dec 1998) |
| congo red | <chemical> An odourless, dark red or reddish brown powder which decomposes on exposure to acid fumes. It is used as a diagnostic aid in amyloidosis, and has been used as an antihemolytic and detoxicant. Pharmacological action: dyes. Chemical name: 1-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 3,3'-((1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diylbis(azo))bis(4-amino-, disodium salt (12 Dec 1998) |