RICE
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Noun
[edit]RICE (uncountable)
- (medicine) Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation: a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries.
- 2017, Ida Critelli Schick, edited by Laurinda Beebe Harman and Frances H. Cornelius, Ethical Health Informatics: Challenges and Opportunities, 3rd edition, Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 277:
- The care manager greeted Beth and Jim as they prepared to leave, […] and offered to give them brochures about RICE and physical therapy […] After the RICE therapy, Dr. Meredith recommended rehab for strengthening the ankle so that Beth could return to her physical fitness […]
- (medicine) Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation: a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries.
- (chemistry) Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium: a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction.