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Bigeminal rhythms
The coupling of extrasystoles with previously normal beats of the heart.
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Atrioventricular rhythm
The rhythmic discharges of impulses from the atrioventricular node that occur when the activity of the sinoatrial node is depressed or abolished.
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Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
An abnormal ectopic cardiac rhythm originating in the ventricular conducting system. This may occur intermittently after myocardial infarction at a rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute.
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Rhotacism
Overuse or improper utterance of “r” sounds.
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Rhopheocytosis
The mechanism by which ferritin is transferred from macrophages in the bone marrow to normoblasts.
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Rhomboideus
One of two muscles beneath the trapezius muscle.
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Rhombencephalitis
Brainstem infection, a disease that is most often caused by the bacterium Listeria moncytogenes or by West Nile virus, Nipah viruses, or enteroviruses. The infection is often characterized by symptoms such as fever, malaise, headache, nausea, vomiting, altered mental status, ataxia, and strokelike impairment of cranial nerves.
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Rhodotorula
A genus of yeasts that do not ferment carbohydrates. The yeasts are widely distributed in air, dairy products, soil, and water. They have been occasionally identified as a cause of opportunistic infection in compromised hosts.
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Rhodophylaxis
The ability of the retinal epithelium to regenerate rhodopsin that has been bleached by light. The retina’s ability to generate rhodopsin.
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Rhodogenesis
Regeneration of rhodopsin that has been bleached by light. The process of restoring rhodopsin that has been bleached by light.
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