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Radial Nerve: provides motor and sensory nerve supply to certain areas of the arm and hand

Radiation Damage: damage occurring as a result of exposure to radiation

Radical Hysterectomy: total removal of the uterus, upper vagina and parametrium

Radical Mastectomy: total removal of the breast, some underlying muscle and lymph nodes in the armpit

Radical Neck Dissection: major surgery for treatment of cancers of the head and neck

Radiograph: x-ray image

Radiotherapy: the treatment of disease by radiation

Reconstructive Surgery: surgery to restore or improve the shape or appearance of a body part (commonly breast reconstruction surgery)

Referred pain: the perception of pain distant from its actual origin

Reflux Oeasophagitis: upward surge of acid from the stomach; symptoms of heartburn, indigestion and upper abdominal discomfort

Renal: relates to the kidney

Respiratory: relates to breathing and the lungs

Resuscitate: revive from apparent death

Resuscitation: order instructions relating to the continuation or withdrawal of life support measures

Rheumatic: fever inflammation of the joints and heart valves following bacterial infection

Rheumatic Heart Disease: heart damage as a consequence of rheumatic fever

Rheumatoid Arthritis: inflammation of the joints

Ruptured Aneurysm: bleeding of an enlarged artery or vein into its wall or surrounding tissues

Ruptured Appendix: burst appendix

Ruptured Disc: spinal disc bulging out from its normal position

Ruptured Spleen: severe structural damage of the spleen resulting in bleeding into the abdominal cavity

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