Category: R
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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.
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Recurrent fever
A fever like malaria which returns at regular intervals.
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Recurrent abortion
A condition in which a woman has abortions with one pregnancy after another.
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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…
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Recur
To return.
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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.
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Recuperate
To recover, to get better after an illness or accident.
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Rectus femoris
A flexor muscle in the front of the thigh, one of the four parts of the quadriceps femoris.
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Rectus abdominis
A long straight muscle which runs down the front of the abdomen.
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Rectovesical
Referring to the rectum and the bladder.