RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA
Occurring primarily in premature infants, disorder involving the tissues located behind the eye's lens, distinguished by the existence of a…
REVOLVING-DOOR PHENOMENON
Patient being readmitted to institutions or facilities, usually due to discharge prior to adequate recovery.
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
Rights embodied in the United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities which state that…
RISK TAKING
Behavioral standard of participating in very dangerous or hazardous activities, often correlated with drug addiction, gambling, and unsafe sexual practices.…
ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE (RMS)
Square root of the average of the squares of a set of numbers or quantities. For example: the root mean…
ROTE REHEARSAL
Saying material repeatedly to oneself as a method of committing it to mind, especially with regard to a telephone number,…
RUBROSPINAL TRACT
Primary path for the mediation of voluntary motion. Accountable for large muscle motion including the arms and the legs as…
RUNNER'S HIGH
Feeling of euphoria encountered by a number of cross-country running enthusiasts and joggers as they approach the conclusion of a…
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Treating a member of one particular racial or ethnic group differently than one from another racial or ethnic group based…
RADICALISM
Any stated position addressing the basics of an idea or issue. For example, a radical criticism goes immediately to the…
RANDOM CONTROL
In pavlovian conditioning, a certain condition where both conditioned and unconditioned stimuli are shown with equal probability but independent of…
RANKING METHOD
A method of evaluating jobs for the purpose of setting just compensation. Jobs are ranked in relation to their relative…