Category: R

(Of an allele) having the characteristic that leads to the trait which it controls being suppressed by the presence of the corresponding dominant allele. In genetic inheritance, a gene that produces its effect only when its paired gene is identical or when it is unpaired on an X sex chromosome. A recessive gene will not…

A hollow part in an organ. Small, hollow cavity (e.g., pharyngeal recess, a slitlike cavity in the wall of the pharynx). A hollow chamber or a depression in an organ or other part.  

Part of a tube which is expanded to form a sac. The dilated portion of a tubular anatomical part. The receptaculum (or cisterna) chyli is the dilated end of the thoracic duct, into which lymph vessels from the lower limbs and intestines drain.  

To get something, especially a transplanted organ.  

Surgery to unblock a vessel within the body or reconnect a tube or duct.  

To make good again a damaged structure or part of the body.  

A clinical syndrome characterised by Type 2 diabetes, abdominal obesity, hypertension and dyslipidaemia. Insulin resistance may be a key factor. [Described 1988. After Gerald Reaven, US physician.]  

An act of reassuring.  

To appear again.  

The use of ultrasound information to produce a series of images of a process or changing object almost instantly.