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Retentivity
- noun - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
- the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil"
- the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
Retinaculum
- - A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves. (b) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
Retinal Rod
- noun - a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light
Retinopathy
- noun - a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision
Retinophora
- - One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Retinoscopy
- - The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
Revendicate
- - To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Revengeable
- - Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong.