Category: R

A disease which occurs when the blood of a fetus has a different rhesus factor from that of the mother.  

An antigen in red blood cells, which is an element in blood grouping. A group of antigens that may or may not be present on the surface of the red blood cells; it forms the basis of the rhesus blood group system. Most people have the rhesus factor, i.e. they are Rh-positive. People who lack…

A baby with erythroblastosis fetalis.  

A device that measures the flow of thick liquids such as blood.  

Long thin scars in the skin round the nose, mouth or anus, seen in syphilis. Cracks in the skin, most common around the mouth. Cracks or long thin scars in the skin, particularly around the mouth or other areas of the body subjected to constant movement. The fissures around the mouth and nose of babies…

Any of a group of viruses containing RNA, one of which causes rabies. Any of a group of rod shaped RNA viruses with one important member, the rabies virus, being pathogenic to humans. The virus has a predilection for the tissue of mucus-secreting glands and the central nervous system. All warm-blooded animals are susceptible to…

A malignant tumour of striated muscle tissue. It occurs mostly in children. Highly malignant tumor derived from striated muscle cells. There are three types. The embryonal form occurs mainly in infants and children, primarily affecting the head, neck, and genitourinary tract. The alveolar form occurs mainly in adolescents and young adults, affecting the muscles of…

To bring someone back to life or to consciousness.  

The procedure to change something back. A common type of perceptual mistake involving confusion or shifting of letters and words, often because of right-left disorientation or lack of spatial orientation. Children with learning disabilities, for example, may mistake tap for pat, or pat for bat, and may transpose letters within a word, as in fist…

To show something.