RC Medicine Abbreviation

An Electronic Circuit Containing A Resistor and Capacitor In Series

Conditioned Response

Receptor

A receptor is a molecule or a polymeric structure in or on a cell that specifically recognizes and binds a compound acting as a molecular messenger (neurotransmitter, hormone, lymphokine, lectin, drug, etc.).

Recrystallization

The formation of new strain-free grains in a metal brought about either by heating a cold worked metal, or by hot working a metal, or by heating a metal through an allotropic change.  A process whereby a distorted grain structure of cold worked metals is replaced by a new, stress free grain structure as a result of annealing above a specific minimum temperature for a specific time.

Red Cell Casts

Rehabilitation Councils

Rehabilitation Counseling

Renal Clearance

Resistance

Resistance, represented by the symbol R and measured in ohms, is a measure of the opposition to electrical flow in DC systems. Resistance is the voltage across an element divided by the current (R = V/I).