Category: R

  • Red

    Of a similar colour to blood. (Of an area of skin) with an increased blood flow because of heat or infection. A primary color of the spectrum that, when added to blue, forms purple, and when added to yellow, forms orange.  

  • Recurrent fever

    A fever like malaria which returns at regular intervals.  

  • Recurrent abortion

    A condition in which a woman has abortions with one pregnancy after another.  

  • Recurrent

    Occurring in the same way many times. Referring to a vein, artery or nerve which forms a loop. Incessant; recurring again and again. Describing a structure, such as a nerve or blood vessel, that turns back on its course, forming a loop. Recurring periodically. In anatomy, a reversal of a structure to its point of…

  • Recur

    To return.  

  • Recuperation

    The process of getting better after an illness. Recovery, or return to a normal state of health. The process of returning to normal health following an illness.  

  • Recuperate

    To recover, to get better after an illness or accident.  

  • Rectus femoris

    A flexor muscle in the front of the thigh, one of the four parts of the quadriceps femoris.  

  • Rectus abdominis

    A long straight muscle which runs down the front of the abdomen.  

  • Rectovesical

    Referring to the rectum and the bladder.