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PY-LORUS. [Gr. +pulros+, _pulros_, a gate keeper.] The lower orifice of the stomach, with which the duodenum connects.

RADI-US. [L., a ray, a spoke of a wheel.] The name of one of the bones of the forearm.

RA-DI-ALIS. Radial; belonging to the radius.

RADI-ATE. Having lines or fibres that diverge from a point.

RAMUS. [L.] A branch. A term applied to the projections of bones.

REC-RE-MEN-t.i.tIAL. [L. _re_, again, and _cerno_, to secrete.]

Consisting of superfluous matter separated from that which is valuable.

r.e.c.t.u.m. The third and last portion of the intestines.

RECTUS, -I. [L.] Straight; erect. A term applied to several muscles.

RE-SIDU-AL. Pertaining to waste matter.

RE-SIDU-UM. [L.] Waste matter. The fces.

RES-PI-RATION. [L. _re_, again, and _spiro_, to breathe.] The act of breathing. Inspiring air into the lungs and expelling it again.

RE-SPIRA-TO-RY. Pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration.

RETI-NA. [L., _rete_, a net.] The essential organ of sight. One of the coats of the eye, formed by the expansion of the optic nerve.

RO-TUNDUM, -A. [L.] Round; circular.

RUGA, -. [L.] A wrinkle; a fold.

SACCU-LUS. [L., dim. of _saccus_, a bag.] A little sac.

SACRAL. Pertaining to the sacrum.

SACRUM. [L., sacred.] The bone which forms the posterior part of the pelvis, and is a continuation of the spinal column.

SA-LIVA. [L.] The fluid which is secreted by the salivary glands, which moistens the food and mouth.

SALI-VA-RY. That which belongs to the saliva.

SANGUIN-E-OUS. [L. _sanguis_, the blood.] b.l.o.o.d.y; abounding with blood; plethoric.

SAR-TORI-US. [L. _sartor_, a tailor.] A term applied to a muscle of the thigh.

SCALA, -. [L., a ladder.] Cavities of the cochlea.

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