Category: R
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Repress
To decide to ignore or forget feelings or thoughts which may be unpleasant or painful.
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Repositor
A surgical instrument used to push a prolapsed organ back into its usual position. An instrument used to return a displaced part of the body (for instance, a prolapsed womb) to its normal position. An instrument for restoring a tissue or an organ to its normal position.
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Report
An official note stating what action has been taken, what treatment given or what results have come from a test. The account, usually verbal and often tape-recorded, that the nursing staff going off duty gives to the oncoming staff. The purpose is to provide continuity of care despite the change in staff. The information provided…
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Repolarisation
The restoration of the usual electrical polarity of a nerve or muscle cell membrane after reversal of its polarity while a nerve impulse or muscle contraction travelled along it.
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Replant
To reattach or reinsert a body part such as a limb or tooth that has become detached.
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Replacement transfusion
An exchange transfusion, a treatment for leukaemia or erythroblastosis where almost all the unhealthy blood is removed from the body and replaced by healthy blood.
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Replacement
An operation to replace part of the body with an artificial part. Substitution of a missing part or substance, as the replacement of lost blood with a transfusion of donor blood. The restoration of a structure to its original position.
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Replace
To put something back. To exchange one part for another.
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Repetitive strain injury
Pain, usually in a limb, felt by someone who performs the same movement many times over a period, e.g. when operating a computer terminal or playing a musical instrument. An injury that occurs when repeated movements of one part of the body damage the tendons, nerves, muscles, and other soft tissues. The muscles and tendons…
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Repel
To make something go away.