Category: R

Any disease or malformation of the nose.  

Point at the end of the suture between the two nasal bones.  

Inflammation of the aorta, occurring in rheumatic fever.  

Drug that blocks viral replication by interfering with the reverse transcriptase enzyme in retroviruses, preventing synthesis of DNA from RNA; used in therapy of AIDS and HIV infection. An agent that prevents the action of the viral enzyme, reverse transcriptase, so disrupting the virus’s colonization of its target host. The reverse transcriptase inhibitor zidovudine is…

Ability to recall recent events but not older knowledge previously familiar. Ability to recall events of recent occurrence but not the ability to recall knowledge that was previously retained.  

Loss of memory for events immediately preceding an injury, illness, or emotional trauma. Lack of the ability to recall events before the onset of the amnesia. Amnesia for events that occurred before a specific precipitant (e.g. a drug overdose, surgical operation, stroke, or trauma). The incapability to recall events that occurred before an accident that…

Connective tissue protein that forms a mesh or netlike structure.  

Abnormally slow, as in development or growth.  

Electrochemical difference between the two sides of a nerve or cardiac cell membrane when the cell is not conducting an impulse. In most nerve and cardiac cells, the resting potential is negative— the interior of the cell is negatively charged as compared to the extracellular space. The resting potential in cardiac cells is about -90…

Organs and structures associated with breathing, gaseous exchange, and the entrance of air into die body. Included are the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx (upper respiratory tract); the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and lungs (lower respiratory tract); and associated muscles. The respiratory system comprises a network of air pathways stretching from the nasal cavity to the lung’s…