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REISSNER, CANAL OF 



a series of tones produced in the same way and of a 

 like character. 



Registrar (re/ v -is-trar) [registrarius , one who keeps a 

 record]. A keeper of records. 



Registrarship {rej' ' -is-trar-shif) [registrarius, one who 

 keeps a record]. The office of a registrar. 



Registration (rej-is-tra' -shun) [registratio, a register- 

 ing]. The act of recording, as of deaths, births, etc. 



Regius (i-e'-je-us) \_regins, royal]. A descriptive term 

 applied to the golden or royal color observed in certain 

 forms of jaundice. R. Professor, a royal professor, 

 as in one of the English universities. 



Regma (reg'-mah) [pf/yua, a fracture: pi., Regmata~\. 

 In biology, a term applied to a fruit like that of the 

 geranium, in which the carpels separate elastically from 

 the base of the carpophore. 



Regmacarp (reg' ' -mak-arp) [pf/yua, a fracture ; napnog, 

 fruit]. In biology, a dehiscent fruit. 



Regnauld's Anesthetic or Liquid. A mixture of 

 chloroform 4 parts, and methylic alcohol I part. It is 

 sometimes used in place of chloroform. See Anesthetic. 



Regnault and Reiset, Method of. A method of in- 

 vestigating the changes in the air brought about by 

 respiration. The animal is placed in a closed cham- 

 ber, and the carbonic acid formed is continually 

 removed, the necessary oxygen being supplied in 

 measured quantities. 



Regnoli's Operation, See Operations, Table of. 



Regorgement (ra-gorzh'- moii(g)) [Fr.]. An over- 

 flowing. R.de la vessie.or R. urinaire, involuntary 

 urination ; incontinence of urine. 



Regression (re-gresh'-un) [regressio, regression]. Re- 

 trogression. 



Regressive (re-gres' -iv) [regredi, to go back]. Passing 

 back ; returning. 



Regressus (re-gres' -us) [p. p. of regredi, to go back]. 

 In biology, the change of an organ from a higher to a 

 lower type. 



Regrowth (re-groth') [re, again; MIL. , grozoen, to 

 grow]. A growing again ; a new or second growth. 



Regular (reg' -u-lar) [regularis ; regula, a rule]. Ac- 

 cording to rule, custom, or normal procedure ; opposed 

 to irregular or exceptional. In biology, applied to 

 symmetrically disposed parts or organs ; specifically to 

 a flower that has all the parts of each floral circle uni- 

 form in shape and size. Having normal menstruation. 

 R. Physician, one of the school of scientific medicine 

 who adheres to no clique, sect, "-pathy," or " -ism." 



Regulator [reg'- u - la - tor) [regulare, to direct]. The 

 person or the thing that regulates. R. radii. See 

 Supinator longus in Muscles, Table of. 



Regurgitation (re-ger-jit-a' -shun) [regurgiiatio ; re, 

 again ; gurgitare, to engulf]. An eructation, flowing, 



Irregular Pulse of Mitral Regurgitation. 



or throwing back of the contents of a canal or vessel. 



R., Cardiac. See Heart-murmurs. R. of Food, 



a symptom of acid dyspepsia. 

 Rehmannia (ra-man'-e-ah). A feints of the Digital,',,-. 



R. chinensis, a plant the root of which is used in 



China as a tonic and alterative. R. lutea, a plant 



used in the same manner as R. chinensis. 

 Reichert's Cartilage. That cartilaginous structure 



which appears in the embryo on the hyoid arch, event- 



ually becoming the styloid process, the stylo-hyoid 

 ligaments, and the lesser cornu of the hyoid bone. 

 R.'s Membrane, the anterior layer of the cornea, 

 also called Boiumari 's Membrane. See Membrane. 



Reichmann's Disease. A chronic disease of the 

 stomach characterized by a condition of permanent 

 gastric hypersecretion, associated with marked dilata- 

 tion of the stomach, with thickening of its walls and 

 hypertrophy of the glands. It is accompanied by 

 violent attacks of pain that are typical of the disease, 

 together with vomiting, and is usually followed by the 

 formation of a round ulcer on the wall of the stomach. 

 See Diseases, Table of. R.'s Test-breakfast, a break- 

 fast composed of 30 grams of meat-powder, 2 grams of 

 salt, 200 grams of water, I wheaten roll. It is used in 

 testing the digestive power of the stomach. 



Reid's Base Line. See Lines, Table of. R.'s Meth- 

 od, to determine the position of the fissure 

 Rolando ; a method of cerebral localization ; a 

 line is drawn from the infraorbital ridge thi 

 the middle of the external auditory meatus. 1 

 two perpendicular lines are drawn, one through t 

 pression in front of the external auditory meatus 

 the other at the posterior border of the mastoid pro 

 cess ; a diagonal line from the upper extremity of tht 

 posterior line, drawn to the junction of the anl 

 line with the fissure of Sylvius, indicates the fissure of I 

 Rolando. See Treatment , Methods of 



Reil, Ansa of. The lemniscus. See Ansa. R.'s Band 1 

 a fibrous band extending across the right ventrii 

 the heart from the base of the anterior papillary n 

 to the septum. It is quite common in man an 

 responds to the moderator band of the heart ol 

 lower animals. See Moderator. R., Fissure of 

 See Fissures, Table of. R., Island of. See I 

 of Reil. 



Reimplantation (re - im -plan - fa'- shun) [reim; 

 implant again]. In dental surgery, the replacin. 

 drawn tooth within its socket. 



Reindeer Moss. See Cladonea. 



Re-infection (re-in-feh'-shun) [re, again ; inju 

 infect]. Infection a second time with the sam< 

 or contagium. 



Re-inflame (re-in-fldm') [re, again ; inflammare, t< 

 inflame]. To inflame anew. 



Reinforcement (re-in-fors' ' -ment) [OF., reinfor 

 strengthen]. The act of reinforcing. Any aug 

 tation of force. R. of Reflexes, increased m\ 

 irritability (or reflex response) when muscular or 

 tal actions are synchronously carried out, or 

 stimuli are coincidently brought to bear upon 

 parts of the body than that concerned in the reflex arc 

 It has been asserted that the synchronous act ol wink 

 ing increases the knee-jerk, or patellar tendon 1 

 See Reflexes, Table of. 



Reinfusion (re-in-fu'-zhun). Same as Reft 



Reinoculation (re-in-ok-u-la' -shun) [re, again; 

 tare, to inoculate]. Inoculation a second time. 



Reins (ranz) [ren, kidney]. The kidneys; the I 



Reinsch's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Reinversion (re-in-ver' -zhun) [re, again ; 

 to turn upside down]. The act of reducing ar 

 verted uterus by the application of pressui 

 fundus. 



Reiset's Method. A method of estimatinf 

 the air. See Ventilation. 



Reissner, Canal of. See Canal. R.'s Membrane: 

 an extremely fragile membrane forming the 

 wall of the cochlear duct and separating the duct 1 

 the scala vestibuli. It begins on the vestibular bw 

 of the lamina spiralis, about 0.2 mm. insi< 

 edge of the crista, and extends at an angle of at 



