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Rozanolixizumab
Rozanolixizumab (Rystiggo) is a humanized IgG4 anti-FcRn monoclonal antibody that lowers circulating IgG; approved 2023 for anti-AChR or anti-MuSK antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis in adults, given as weekly subcutaneous infusions for 6 weeks.
RP7214
RP7214 (RP-7214) is an oral small-molecule inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) developed by Rhizen Pharmaceuticals, tested in phase 2 for mild COVID-19 and planned for AML, later discontinued.
RPD trial
RPD trial (NCT00651625): University of New Mexico randomized controlled trial comparing the reciprocating procedure device safety syringe with a conventional syringe in 437 patients; RPD cut procedural pain, procedure time, and tissue trauma across arthrocentesis, injection, and anesthesia studies.
RPMI-6410
RPMI-6410 (Roswell Park Memorial Institute 6410, CVCL_8074) is a human acute myeloid leukemia cancer cell line from the peripheral blood of a 78-year-old male, EBV-transformed, first cultured in 1964.
rPMS-Foot trial
rPMS-Foot (NCT07237321) is a University of Ljubljana randomized trial testing 12 weeks of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation of foot invertor muscles to raise medial longitudinal arch height and strength in adults with flat feet.
RRALFA1 study
RRALFA1 (NCT07242079) is a completed single-center observational study by the University of Parma testing a six-week augmented-reality-supported Active Cycle of Breathing Technique program in 50 adults with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
RRP2A trial
RRP2A trial (NCT02687308): randomized open-label Brazilian trial at Rio de Janeiro State University comparing anterograde (RRP2A) versus Walsh retrograde (RRP) open radical prostatectomy; 220 patients, better 3-month continence with anterograde technique.
RS4;11
RS4;11 (RS4-11, CVCL_0093) is a human B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line from a 32-year-old woman, carrying the t(4;11)(q21;q23) KMT2A-AFF1 fusion and showing B lineage and monocytic characteristics.
RSEnTrail trial
RSEnTrail (NCT07616310) is a recruiting randomized non-inferiority trial from Zhejiang University comparing rectosigmoid resection versus rectosigmoid-preserving lesion excision in pelvic cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer.
rTMS trial (NCT07049211)
NCT07049211, Individualized rTMS Synchronized Task Training, is a randomized sham-controlled double-blind Ruijin Hospital trial of 51 stroke patients testing individualized online rTMS plus motor training for upper limb recovery.
Rubber and latex contact dermatitis
Rubber and latex contact dermatitis is eczema from rubber gloves and other rubber items, caused by irritant damage or delayed type IV allergy to rubber accelerators.
Rubella arthritis
Rubella arthritis is joint inflammation or pain caused by rubella virus infection or, less often, vaccination, affecting mostly adult women and usually resolving within a month.
Rubella panencephalitis
Rubella panencephalitis (progressive rubella panencephalitis, PRP) is an extremely rare, fatal slow-virus encephalitis appearing years after congenital or childhood rubella, with dementia, ataxia, and seizures; fewer than 20 cases reported.
Rubella vaccine, live, attenuated
Rubella vaccine, live, attenuated: the RA 27/3 strain vaccine against German measles, isolated 1965 at the Wistar Institute, US-licensed 1979, given as MR, MMR, or MMRV, >95% effective in one dose.
Rubella with neurological complications
Rubella with neurological complications is the classification category (ICD-11 code 1F02.0) for rubella cases complicated by nervous-system disease, covering postinfectious encephalitis, congenital anomalies, and the rare progressive rubella panencephalitis.
Rubella without complication
Rubella without complication (ICD-10-CM B06.9; ICD-11 1F02.2) is uncomplicated German measles: mild rash, low fever, and lymphadenopathy without organ involvement, requiring lab confirmation and public health reporting.
Rubeosis of iris
Rubeosis of iris (rubeosis iridis, iris neovascularization, NVI) is abnormal new blood vessel growth on the iris surface, secondary to retinal ischemia from diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, or carotid disease, and leading to neovascular glaucoma.
Rubitecan
Rubitecan (9-nitrocamptothecin, 9-NC, RFS 2000, Orathecin) is an oral camptothecin analogue topoisomerase I inhibitor, converted in vivo to 9-aminocamptothecin, developed by SuperGen for pancreatic cancer but withdrawn from FDA and EMA review and never approved.
Ruby L. Wilson
Ruby L. Wilson was an American nurse, educator, and health-policy advocate who was Duke Hospital's first clinical nurse specialist and dean of the Duke School of Nursing from 1971 to 1984.
Ruby P. Hearn
Ruby P. Hearn is an American health philanthropy executive who was a vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, directing national child and adolescent health programs.
Rucaparib
Rucaparib (Rubraca) is an oral PARP-1/2/3 inhibitor by pharmaand GmbH, FDA-approved for BRCA-mutated recurrent ovarian cancer maintenance and, since December 2025, BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after androgen receptor-directed therapy.
Rufinamide
Rufinamide (Inovelon, Banzel) is a triazole antiseizure medication that prolongs sodium channel inactivation, approved as add-on therapy for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome seizures in the EU (2007) and US (2009).
Ruijin Hospital
Ruijin Hospital (瑞金医院, formerly Guangci Hospital 广慈医院), founded 1907 in Shanghai, is a Grade 3A teaching hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, a National Medical Center known for the Shanghai method for leukemia and burn-shock fluid formula.
Ruixiqibai monoclonal antibody
Recibokibart (瑞西奇拜单抗, HB0034, brand Huayijing 华亦净) is a humanized anti-IL-36R IgG1 monoclonal antibody by Shanghai Huaota/Huahai, approved in China July 2026 for adult GPP flares; first domestic IL-36R antibody.
Rukhmabai
Rukhmabai Raut (1864-1955), Indian physician and reformer; child bride whose Dadaji Bhikaji v. Rukhmabai case (1884-1888) fueled the Age of Consent Act 1891; second Indian woman to practice Western medicine, first Hindu woman to obtain a legal divorce.
Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Sanglah Denpasar
RSUP Sanglah Denpasar, since 7 July 2022 RSUP Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G. Ngoerah, is Bali's largest Class A Ministry of Health teaching and referral hospital, founded 1959, serving Bali, NTB, and NTT.
Rumeysa Gelgi
Rumeysa Gelgi (born 1997, Safranbolu, Turkey) is a Turkish web developer and advocate, the Guinness tallest woman living at 215.16 cm due to Weaver syndrome; also holds records for largest hands, longest finger, longest back, longest ears.
Rumination (psychology)
Mental rumination (ICD-11 MB24.E) is repetitive, passive dwelling on negative events, failures, and distress. Distinguished from worry (future-focused) and reflection; transdiagnostic risk factor for depression and anxiety, reduced by MBCT.
Rumination-regurgitation
Rumination-regurgitation, also known as rumination syndrome, is a medical behavior recognized since 1618, characterized by the effortless return of ingested food to the mouth.
Running economy
Running economy (RE) is the steady-state oxygen consumption, or metabolic energy cost, required to run at a given submaximal velocity, and a key determinant of distance running performance.