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Vitamin D refractory rickets
A rare form of rickets that is not caused by vitamin D deficiency and is thus not responsive to vitamin D treatment. It is caused by a defect in renal tubular function that results in excessive loss of phosphorus.
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Late rickets
Rickets that has its onset in older children.
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Ricinoleic acid
12-hydroxy-9-octadecanoic acid; an unsaturated hydroxy acid comprising about 80% of fatty acids in the glycerides of castor oil. It has a strong laxative action.
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Ricinine
A poisonous alkaloid present in the leaves and seeds of the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis.
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Ricin
A white, amorphous, highly toxic protein present in the seed of the castor bean, Ricinus communis. It has been used as a biological weapon.
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Boiled rice water
The water remaining after rice has been cooked in it and removed; formerly used as an oral rehydration agent, especially for children with diarrhea. The use of oral rehydration solutions, however, has provided a better supply of fluids and electrolytes and has replaced the practice of using boiled rice water for rehydration.
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Polished rice
Rice that has been milled to produce the commercially available white product commonly consumed in Western countries. This treatment removes most of the protein and vitamin B1( thiamine, from the grain. When polished rice is the major source of calories in the diet, it is associated with the deficiency disease beriberi. This term refers to…
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Ribonucleotide
A nucleotide in which the sugar ribose is combined with the purine or pyrimidine base.
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Riboflavin rib
A water-soluble vitamin of the B complex group. It is an orange-yellow crystalline powder. Symptoms of riboflavin deficiency are photophobia, cheilosis, glossitis, and seborrheic dermatitis, especially of the face and scalp.
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Lumbar rib
A rudimentary rib that develops in relation to a lumbar vertebra.
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