residual body — n 1) a cytoplasmic vacuole containing the leftover products of digestion after fusion with the contents of a lysosome 2) any of the small cytoplasmic masses that are shed from the developing sperms in spermiogenesis and that lack a nucleus but… … Medical dictionary
residual body — (1) Secondary lysosomes containing material that cannot be digested. (2) The surplus cytoplasm shed by spermatids during their differentiation to spermatozoa. Usually the cytoplasm from several spermatids connected by cytoplasmic bridges. (3)… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Regaud residual body — Re·gaud residual body (rə goґ) [Claude Regaud, French radiologist, 1870–1940] see residual body of Regaud, under body … Medical dictionary
residual body of Regaud — an anucleate mass consisting of fine granules, lipid droplets, and degenerating organelles, cast off after the completion of regional differentiation of the tail during spermiogenesis … Medical dictionary
Residual-current device — A two pole residual current device A Residual Current Device is a generic term covering both RCCBs and RCBOs. A Residual Current Circuit Breaker (RCCB) is an electrical wiring device that disconnects a circuit whenever it detects that the… … Wikipedia
Residual — Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated. * * * Relating to or of the nature of a residue. * * * re·sid·u·al ri zij (ə )wəl, zij əl adj 1) of, relating to, or being something that remains: as a) remaining… … Medical dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
residual magnetism — Remanent Rem a*nent, a. [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See {Remain}, and cf. {Remnant}.] Remaining; residual. [1913 Webster] That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. Jer. Taylor. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
residual magnetism — noun or residual induction : magnetization remaining in a magnetized body no longer under external magnetic influence : the magnetism of a permanent magnet * * * Elect. remanence. [1830 40] … Useful english dictionary
residual stress — noun : a stress that exists within a solid body though no external stress producing forces are acting and that is due to some inequality of previous treatment of adjacent parts poorly annealed glass may be highly unstable because of residual… … Useful english dictionary
