- a thing, matter, or object
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res
(rēz, rās),USA pronunciation n., pl. res. [Chiefly Law.]
RES, [Immunol.]
res.,
- Lawan object or thing;
matter.
- Latin rēs
- 1850–55
RES, [Immunol.]
- ImmunologySee reticuloendothelial system.
res.,
- research.
- reserve.
- residence.
- resident;
residents. - resigned.
- resolution.
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res Latin: /reɪs/ n ( pl res)
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res. abbreviation for
- residence
- resides
- resigned
- resolution
'res' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
des res
- in medias res
- Rais
- re
- real
- rebus
- reify
- republic
- res adjudicata
- res gestae
- res judicata
- res.
- resveratrol
- thermistor
- acaroid resin
- acrylic resin
- adult respiratory distress syndrome
- alkyd
- allyl resin
- amino resin
- buncher resonator
- catcher resonator
- cavity resonator
- Chinese-restaurant syndrome
- Churchill Reservoir
- coumarone resin
- electron spin resonance
- epoxy
- febris
- Fed. Res. Bd.
- Fed. Res. Bk.
- Flores Sea
- funeral home
- genre
- gum resin
- H. Con. Res.
- heat reservoir
- hi-res
- H.J. Res.
- H. Res.
- Jesuits' resin
- kauri resin
- lo-res
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance scan
- magnetic resonance scanner
- melamine resin
- methacrylate resin
- minister resident
- nuclear magnetic resonance