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Rapid gastric emptying
Rapid gastric emptying A condition that occurs when food moves too fast from the stomach into the small intestine. Symptoms are nausea, pain, weakness, and sweating. This syndrome most often affects people who have had stomach operations. Also called dumping syndrome.
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Condition
The term "condition" has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: 1.An unhealthy state, such as in "this is a progressive condition." 2.A state of fitness, such as "getting into condition." 3.Something that is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially a "precondition." 4.As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
Food
Any substance eaten to provide nutritional support for the body.
Stomach
The organ between the esophagus and the small intestine. The stomach is where digestion of protein begins.
Intestine
The tube involved in digestion and extending from the stomach to the anus. Consists of the small intestine and the large intestine.
Nausea
The feeling of wanting to throw up (vomit).
Pain
An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience primarily associated with tissue damage, or described in terms of tissue damage, or both.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
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Rapism
The condition in which a person is dependent on the terrified resistance of a nonconsenting stranger, under conditions of unexpected assault and threats of further violence, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate and achieve orgasm. The rape may be replayed in fantasy while masturbating or copulating. True rape is not the same as the coercive imposition of coitus on an acquaintance or spouse.
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Radionuclide scans
Tests to find GI bleeding. Radioactive material is injected to highlight organs on a special camera. Also called scintigraphy.
Radionuclide ventriculography
A diagnostic procedure used to determine the shape and size of the heart's chambers.
Radiopharmaceutical
Also tracer or radionuclide. Basic radioactively tagged compound necessary to produce a nuclear medicine image.
Radiosurgery
A radiation therapy technique that uses a large number of narrow, precisely aimed, highly focused beams of ionising radiation. The beams are aimed from many directions circling the head and meet at a specific point.
Rape
Forced or manipulated nonconsensual sexual contact, including vaginal or anal intercourse, oral sex, or penetration with an object.
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Reconstructive surgery
Serving to rebuild, restore, or correct the appearance and function of defective, damaged, or misshaped body structures or parts.
Rectal manometry
A test that uses a thin tube and balloon to measure pressure and movements of the rectal and anal sphincter muscles. Usually used to diagnose chronic constipation and fecal incontinence.
Rectal prolapse
A condition in which the rectum slips so that it protrudes from the anus.
Rectocele
Condition in which weakening of the lower vaginal wall causes the rectum to bulge into the vagina.
Reflux
A condition that occurs when gastric juices or small amounts of food from the stomach flow back into the esophagus and mouth. Also called regurgitation.
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