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RHABDITE 



Retroposed (re' - tro -pozd) [retro, back; ponere, to 

 place]. Displaced backward. 



Retro-position (re-tro-po-zish'-un) [retro, back; positio, 

 position]. Backward displacement of the uterus with- 

 out flexion or version. 



Retropulsion (re - tro - pul' - shun) [retro, back; puhio, 

 beating]. I. A driving or turning back, as of the fetal 

 head. 2. A running backward ; a disorder of locomo- 

 tion sometimes witnessed in paralysis agitans. 



Retrorse (re-lrors') [retro, backward ; vertere, turn]. 

 In biology, turned backward. 



Retroserrate (re-tro-ser'-dt) [retro, back ; serratus, saw- 

 shaped]. In biology, furnished with serrations which 

 are turned backward, as the sting of a bee. 



Retroserrulate (re-tro-ser' '-u-ldt) [retro, back ; serrula, 

 a little saw] . Eurnished with diminutive retrorse teeth. 



Retrosiphonate (re-tro-si' '-fun-at), [retro, back; alcpuv, 

 siphon]. In biology, having the siphon and surround- 

 ing partitions directed backward. 



Retrostalsis (re-tro-stal'-sis) [retro, backward ; crak- 

 ate;, compression]. Reversed peristaltic action ; peri- 

 staltic action that tends to drive the intestinal contents 

 cephalad instead of caudad. 



Retrosternal (re-tro-ster' '-nal) [retro, back ; arepvov, 

 sternum]. Situated or occurring behind the sternum. 



Retrotarsal (re - tro - tar' '- sal) [retro, back; rdperoc, 

 tarsus]. Situated or occurring behind the tarsus. R. 

 Fold, the fornix of the conjunctiva. 



Retrotracheal (re-tro-tra' -ke-al) [retro, behind ; rpa- 

 _£««, trachea]. Situated or occurring behind the 

 trachea. 



Retro-uterine (re-tro-u' -ter-in) [retro, behind ; uterus, 

 uterus]. Behind the uterus. R. Hematocele, a 

 blood-tumor behind the uterus in the pouch of 

 Douglas. 



Retrovaccination (re-tro-vak-sin-a'-shwi)[retro, back ; 

 vaccinus, of a cow]. Vaccination with virus from a 

 cow that had been inoculated with the virus of small- 

 pox from a human subject. 



Retrovaccine (re-tro-vak' -sin) [retro, back ; vaccinus, 

 of a cow]. The virus obtained after inoculating a 

 cow with human virus. 



Retroversion (re-tro-ver' -shun) [retro ; versio, a turn- 

 ing]. A turning back ; applied especially to such 

 organs as the bladder, the womb, etc. R. of Uterus. 

 See Uterus. 



Retti (ret'-i) [Hind., rattt]. The seed of Abrus pre- 

 catorius. See Jequirity. 



Retuse (re-tils') [retusus, blunted, dull]. In biology, 

 applied to a leaf or other flattened organ that has a 

 broad, shallow sinus at the apex. 



Retzius, Brown Lines of. Fine parallel lines in the 

 enamel of a tooth. R., Cavity of. See Cavity, Pre- 

 peritoneal. R., Ligament of. See Ligament. R., 

 Space of. Same as R. , Cavity of . R., Stripes of. 

 See Stripe. R., Veins of, small veins uniting the 

 radicles of the portal branches in the intestines and 

 mesentery with the inferior vena cava and its branches. 

 They include all the retroperitoneal veins and are 

 often enormously enlarged in hepatic cirrhosis. 



Reunion (re-un'-yun) [re, again ; unio, to become 

 one]. The joining of parts whose continuity has been 

 destroyed. R. of Wound. See Healing. 

 Reuss's Test. See Tests, Table of. 

 Revaccination (re-vak-sin-a'-shun)[revaccinatio~\. Re- 

 newed or repeated vaccination. 

 Revalenta (rev-al-en'-tah) [transposed from Ervum 

 lens"]. A commercial and proprietary food-prepara- 

 tion for invalids, said to be composed principally of 

 lentil meal. 

 Revealed (re-veld') [re, back ; velare, to veil]. In bi- 

 ology, not concealed under other parts. 



Reveilleur (ra-vel-yur') [Fr.]. The instrument used 

 in Baunscheidtism. 



Revellent (re-vel'-ent). See Revulsive. 



Reverdin's Operations. See Operations, Table of. 



Reverie (rev f -er-e) [Fr., riverie~\. A state of dreamy 

 abstraction ; visionary mental or ideational movement, 

 the mind itself, at least so far as volition is concerned, 

 being passive. 



Reverse (re-vers') [revertere, to turn back]. In band- 

 aging, a half-turn employed to change the direction of 

 a bandage. 



Reversion (rever'-skun) [revertere, to turn back]. In 

 biology: I. The appearance of characteristics which 

 existed in remote ancestors ; thus many endoparasite; 

 (Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Rhizocephala) show rever- 

 sion to a very low type of digestion, while the Ascidi- 

 ans are held by Dohrn, Lankester, and others to be 

 degenerate ' Vertebrata . The loss of eyes by the Cirri- 

 pedia, the Penellina, and the Lern&odea, when these 

 animals become fixed, as well as by various cave-ani- 

 mals, may be included as examples of reversion. 2. 

 The backward development of plant-organs, as stamens 

 into petals, etc. 3. Becoming wild after having been 

 domesticated or cultivated. 



Revert (re-vert'). See Latent. 



Revitalization (re-vi-tal-i-za' -shun) [re, again ; vita, 

 life]. The act or process of refreshing or revitalizing. 



Revive (re-viv') [re, again; vivere, to live.] To 

 return to life after seeming death. 



Revivement (re-viv'-men't) [revivere, to live again]. 

 The act of reviving. 



Revivification (re-viv-if-ik-a' -shun) [revivificatio\ I. 

 Restoration to consciousness. 2. The refreshing of 

 surfaces by paring before placing them in apposition. 



Reviviscence (re-viv-is' '-ens) [reviviscere, inceptive of 

 revivere, to revive]. The awakening from a period of 

 dormancy ; said of insects after hibernation. 



Revolute (rev'-o-lut) [re, back ; volvere, to roll]. That 

 form of vernation or estivation in which the margins 

 of the organ are rolled backward. 



Revolver (re-vol'-ver). See Nose-piece. 



Revomit (re-vom'-it) [re, again; voniere, to vomit]. 

 To reject from the stomach. 



Revulsant (re-vul' -sant) [revellere, to push away]. I. 

 Revulsive. 2. A medicine or agent that, by irritation, 

 draws the blood from a distant part of the body. 



Revulsion (re-vul' '-shun) [revulsio\ The reduction 

 of morbid action in any part by means of counter- 

 irritation. 



Revulsive (revul'-siv) [revellere, to turn away]. Cap- 

 able of causing revulsion ; applied to therapeutic 

 agencies designed to withdraw the blood from or 

 counteract the tendencies toward a morbid focus or 

 process. 



Revulsor (re-vul 1 '-sor) [revellere, to turn away]. I 

 apparatus for effecting revulsion by means of the alter 

 nate application of heat and cold. 2. A plate or cyl- 

 inder set with needles, and used in producing counter 

 irritation. 



Reybard's Suture. An interrupted loop-suture lot 

 wounds of the intestine. See Suture. 



Rhabarbarin (ra-bar' -bar-in) [rhabarbarum, barbarian 

 rhubarb]. Same as Chrysophanic Acid. </. V. 



Rhabarbarum (ra-bar' -bar-um) [rhabarbarum, barba 

 rian rhubarb]. Rhubarb. 



Rhabdia (mb'-de-ah) [pafi&nc, a rod]. In biology,** 

 great rods lying beneath the crystalline cones ol the 

 insect's eye. 



Rhabdite (rab'-dft) [/xi/Woc, a rod]. In biolo| 

 one of the spindle-shaped glandular secretions 

 ring in the skin of certain invertebrates. '11" 

 specially characteristic of the Turbellaria ; (/') one ot 



