Category: R

Test done during pregnancy to assess a woman’s susceptibility to toxemia of pregnancy, a serious high blood pressure condition of unknown origin.  

A change in behavior with intent to decrease the likelihood of a specific risk. For example, changing behavior to avoid contracting a sexually transmitted disease. A decrease in the probability of an adverse outcome. Risk reduction is coupled with positive norming to aid a college student in not harming anyone, including himself or herself, because…

The lower right portion of the abdomen. This term is used to describe the location of any findings in that area of the abdomen during a physical examination.  

Tiny microorganisms that live in cells and are considered somewhere between bacteria and viruses in structure. A group of very small nonmotile spherical or rodlike parasitic organisms. They resemble bacteria in their cellular structure and method of asexual reproduction but, like viruses, they cannot reproduce outside the bodies of their hosts. Rickettsia infect arthropods (ticks,…

The combination of protein with nucleic acid. A compound containing both protein and ribonucleic acid.  

A radiographic record of the kidneys and urinary tract, using an instrument inserted in the bladder to inject the contrast medium directly into the urinary tract. A diagnostic procedure called pyelography or renal x-ray that involves the injection of a contrast dye into the kidneys via the ureters.  

A test done to determine the number of reticulocytes in a specimen of whole blood, a measure of bone marrow activity; decreased in hemolytic (blood cell destroying) disease; elevated after hemorrhage, or while recovering from anemia.  

Bacteria usually found living in a given body area.  

An X-ray study of the renal arteries and related blood vessels, done after injection of contrast medium.  

An X-ray study of the blood vessels surrounding the kidneys, done after injection of contrast medium.