| DRQ | discomfort relief quotient |
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| RMUI | relief medication unit index |
| SRD | service-related disability; Society for the Relief of Distress; Society for the Right to Die; sodium... |
| UNDRO | United Nations Disaster Relief Organization |
| WMR | work metabolic rate; World Medical Relief |
| TOTPAR | Total Pain Relief |
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| BNI | Bladder neck incision |
| TUIP | Transurethral incision of the prostate |
| CCI | clear corneal incision |
| relief | 1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress. "He seec the dire contagion spread so fast, That, where it seizes, all relief is vain." (Dryden) 2. Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. "For this relief much thanks;;tis bitter cold." (Shak) 3. That which removes or lessenc evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay. 4. A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant. 5. The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on wwhich it is formed. Relief is of three kinds, namely, high relief (altorilievo), low relief, (basso-rilievo), and demirelief (mezzo-rilievo). See these terms in the Vocabulary. 6. The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc, to any figure. 7. The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch. 8. <physics> The elevations and surface undulations of a country. Relief valve, a valve arranged for relieving pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve. Synonym: Alleviation, mitigation, aid, help, succor, assistance, remedy, redress, indemnification. Origin: OE. Relef, F. Relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See Relieve, and cf. Basrelief, Rilievi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| relief area | In dentistry, the portion of the denture-bearing area over which the denture base is altered to reduce functional pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| relief chamber | A recess in the impression surface of a denture to reduce or eliminate pressure from that specific area of the mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| relief work | Assistance, such as money, food, or shelter, given to the needy, aged, or victims of disaster. It is usually granted on a temporary basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mucosal relief radiography | Radiographic technique showing fine detail of gastrointestinal mucosa after coating it with a barium suspension and distending the organ with air or gas released from an ingested powder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bucket-handle incision | A bilateral subcostal abdominal incision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramedian incision | An incision lateral to the midline. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McBurney's incision | An incision parallel with the course of the external oblique muscle, one or two inches cephalad to the anterior superior spine of the ilium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| celiotomy incision | An incision through the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chevron incision | A bilateral subcostal incision in the abdomen, in the shape of an inverted "V"; used in upper gastrointestinal, renal, or adrenal surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pfannenstiel's incision | An incision made transversely, and through the external sheath of the recti muscles, about an inch above the pubes, the muscles being split or separated in the direction of their fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| midline incision | A vertical abdominal incision placed in the midline aponeurosis between the two sheaths of the rectus muscles of the abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| collar incision | A cervical incision, placed one to two fingerbreadths above the sternal notch, that is frequently used for thyroid or parathyroid surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Deaver's incision | An incision in the right lower abdominal quadrant, with medial displacement of the rectus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incision | 1. Cleft, cut, gash. 2. An act or action of incising. (18 Nov 1997) |
| relief incision |
one made to relieve tension in tissue.
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