Category: R
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Retain
To keep or hold something.
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Resuscitate
To make someone who appears to be dead start breathing again, and to restart the circulation of blood.
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Result
Figures at the end of a calculation, at the end of a test.
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Restrictive
Restricting, making something smaller. A form of weight loss surgery that operates by restricting the capacity of the stomach to accommodate food. Vertical banded gastroplasty is a procedure primarily focused on creating a restrictive effect.
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Restrict
To make something less or smaller. To set limits to something.
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Restore
To give something back.
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Restless
Not able to relax or be still.
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Rest
A period of time spent relaxing or sleeping. A halt in work or activity; rest. Cells that were incorrectly positioned during development in the womb and persist in the adult body.
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Responsiveness
The ability to respond to other people or to sensations.
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Responsive
Reacting positively to medical treatment.