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RETINAL SIZE

Measurement of retinal images which attenuates proportionally according to the distance from the object to the eye.

RETROGRADE EJACULATION

Semen directed into the bladder, opposite the direction it is intended. Semen is excreted from the bladder at a later

REVERSAL DESIGN

Exploratory arrangement which tries to contravene confusing impressions of continuity, classification, and analysis in Latin squares by fluctuating baseline limitations

REVIA

Trade name of naltrexone, an endorphin and narcotic antagonist.

RHETORICAL-QUESTION MESSAGE

Influential communication which contains rhetorical questions to encourage closer study of that communication. See also: message factors.

RICH INTERPRETATION

Method of studying the language of young children which goes beyond the bounds of the literal sense of words employed,

RIGHT-LEFT DISORIENTATION

Linked to aphasia and other comprehension disorders, an affliction marked by a habitual tendency to incorrectly identify right from left

RISK METRICS

Any means by which the likelihood of falling victim to disease or disorder is presented.

RIVALRY

Act of competing as for profit, goal, or prize; state or condition of being a rival. See also: sibling rivalry.

ROD-CONE BREAK

Change in optical responsiveness that takes place in dark adaptation as the level of sensitivity of the retinal rods initially

ROLE OVERLOAD

Scenario wherein a person is expected to accomplish more than the person is able to do in a particular time

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS

Therapeutic approach which seeks to determine the fundamental element or elements of a recurrent issue by employing ever more particular

ROTATIONAL ERROR

Sketching or design misinterpretation which consists of flipping over a figure from the placement of the same figure in a

RUBBER

Slang term denoting a condom. See also: frotteurism.

RUMOR

News or item of knowledge of unidentified trustworthiness which is transferred from one person to another. See also: gossip.

RACE PSYCHOLOGY

An attempt to show an empirical difference between the races. It is now obsolete and has no basis.

RADICAL FEMINISM

A position in feminist theories with great influence in the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The

RANA PIPIENS

Used in clinical studies of neuropsychology and neurophysiology, a specie of frog.

RANDOM-EFFECTS MODEL

In statistics, a random-effect model depends on treating the effectiveness of treatments or experimental conditions as being randomly sampled from

RANK ORDER

The arrangement of a list of distinct items in order of magnitude.