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Rami communicantes

Two branches passing anteriorly and along the vertebrae to connect with the sympathetic ganglia…

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Ramp

In electrical recording, a uniformly rising voltage or current. If reset to zero at…

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Ramus communicans

(pl. rami communicans) A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one nerve to join…

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Ramus, dorsal

A projecting part, elongated process, or branch of a nerve being or located near,…

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Ramus, ventral

A projecting part, elongated process, or branch of a nerve of or relating to…

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RAST

Radioallergosorbent Test

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RCP

Respiratory Care Practitioners (professionals)

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RDS

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (of infants)

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Recruitment

This term refers to the process of opening collapsed or partially collapsed alveoli and…

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Refeeding syndrome

A set of physiological and metabolic complications associated with reintroducing adequate nutrition too rapidly…

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Referred Pain

Pain felt at a site different from that of an injured or diseased organ…

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Regional Anesthesia

Anesthesia provided by injecting a local anesthetic to block a group of sensory nerve…

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