Category: R

Reaction of the pupil of the eye which changes size according to the amount of light going into the eye. Pupillary constriction in the eye in response to light. The direct light reflex involves pupillary constriction in the eye into which a light is shone; the consensual light reflex is the pupillary constriction that occurs…

The process of improving professional skills by monitoring your own actions while they are being carried out, and by then later evaluating them by talking or writing about them and asking other professionals to give their assessments of you.  

An act of coming out again.  

To come out again.  

A hernia where the organ can be pushed back into place without an operation. Abnormal protrusion of an organ through a wall or cavity that can be physically manipulated back into normal position. Abnormal protrusion of an organ through a wall or cavity that can i be physically manipulated back into normal position. A hernia…

Capable of being reduced. Capable of being replaced in a normal position, as a dislocated bone or a hernia.  

An area of skin to which the blood flow is increased because of heat or infection. A red colour.  

The type of bone marrow where red blood cells and some white blood cells are formed. Marrow found in spongy bone that produces all the types of blood cells.  

A tube which drains fluid away from the inside of a wound into a bottle, used mainly after operations on the abdomen.  

An international organisation dedicated to the medical care of the sick and wounded in wars and natural disasters. A red cross on a white background; an internationally recognized sign of a medical installation or of medical personnel.