Category: R
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Rehydration
The act of giving water or liquid to someone who has dehydration. Restoration of the fluids and essential substances (electrolytes) normally dissolved in body fluids, to replace those lost during dehydration. The restoration of fluid volume to a dehydrated person, either orally or parenterally. Fluid replenishment is the process of rehydrating a dehydrated organism by…
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Rehabilitate
To make someone fit to work or to lead their usual life. To bring back to a state of good health or to reinstate full working capacity.
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Regurgitate
To bring into the mouth food which has been partly digested in the stomach. The term “reflux” denotes the action of substances, typically food that has been consumed, being expelled or returned upward into the throat and mouth.
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Regulate
To make something work in a regular way.
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Regularly
Happening repeatedly after the same period of time.
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Regress
To return to an earlier stage or condition.
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Registrar of births, marriages and deaths
An official who keeps the records of people who have been born, married or who have died in a particular area.
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Registrar
A qualified doctor or surgeon in a hospital who supervises house officers. A person who registers something officially. For many decades this was the term used for a doctor or dentist in training for a hospital career but who had proceeded beyond the very initial stages of being a house officer. The term became divided…
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Registered midwife
A qualified midwife who is registered to practise.
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Register
An official list. An official recording of vital statistics, including date and place of birth, marriage(s), and death. Recording these data is a legal requirement in the U.S.