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RICE treatment
RICE treatment Rest, ice, compression, and elevation.
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Compression
1. The act of pressing together. As in a compression fracture, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression. 2. To shorten in time. In embryology, there may be compression of development with some stages even omitted.
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Rice bodies
Aggregates of cells, fibrin and debris found in synovial fluid from chronically inflamed joints.
Rice Memorial Hospital
Rice Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Willmar, Minnesota (USA).
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Pertains to kidneys.
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The group of organs responsible for carrying oxygen from the air to the bloodstream and for expelling carbon dioxide.
Retching
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An inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the nose, often due to allergy to pollen, dust or other airborne substances, which causes sneezing, itching, a runny nose and nasal congestion.
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Reciprocation
The mutual process of adaptation, one to the other, as when the behavior of a person of one sex adapts itself to the behavior of the other.
Reductionism
The theoretically incorrect practice of reducing causality that is complex and multivariate to a single or univariate cause.
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