Category: R
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Rejuvenescence
The renewal of youth; the return to an earlier stage of existence.
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Rejuvenation
A return to a youthful condition or to the normal.
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Reinoculation
A second inoculation with the same organism or its antigens. A subsequent vaccination using the same type of microorganism or pathogen.
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Reinnervation
Anastomosis of a paralyzed part with a living nerve.
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Reinfusion
The reinjection of blood serum or cerebrospinal fluid.
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Reinfarction
Repeat infarction (especially myocardial infarction) after an initial infarct.
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Reimportation
The purchase of drugs manufactured in their source nation by another nation to which the drugs are exported. At times it yields significant price advantages to the purchaser. Drugs manufactured in the U.S. are sometimes marketed abroad to other nations at low cost. The purchase of these drugs by American consumers from foreign pharmacies may…
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Reichert’s cartilage
The second branchial arch of the embryo, which gives rise to the stapes, styloid process, stylohyoid ligament, and lesser cornua of the hyoid bone.
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Rehearse
To practice or repeat an action, emotion, operation, phrase, or thought to attain mastery of it.
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Rehabilitee
A person who has been rehabilitated.