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rare(dictionary)
RARE(medicine)
rare(3)(dictionary)
rare(2)(dictionary)
rare(1)(dictionary)
rare earths(medicine)
rare species(medicine)
metals, rare earth(medicine)
rare-earth screen(medicine)

Microelectrodes (health) and rare(1) (iou)


Microelectrodes (health)


Electrodes with an extremely small tip, used in a voltage clamp or Other apparatus to stimulate or record bioelectric potentials of single cells intracellularly or extracellularly.











rare(1) (iou)



rare adjective1 & adverb1. LME.
[Latin rarus.]
A. adjective.
Orig., having the constituent parts widely spaced. Later spec. (of air, a gas) having low density, thin. LME-M19.
b. Thinly attended or populated. E17-L18.
Widely spaced; standing far apart. LME-M17.
Of a kind seldom found, done, or occurring, uncommon, infrequent; unusual, exceptional; few and far between. LME.
G. B. Shaw Accidents.., being accidents, are necessarily rare. V. S. Pritchett Beyond a rare cold, he was never ill in his long life. M. Roberts They adored the rare treat of their father Cooking for them. absol.: Sir W. Scott That bower..Hath wondrous store of rare and rich.
Unusually good, fine, or worthy; splendid, excellent. Also (colloq.) as a mere intensive. L15.
rare and arch. colloq. very .
H. Martineau They put me in a rare passion. M. Gee Priceless human foibles and folly, too rare to deploy in his short official reports.
Special collocations: rare bird = RARA AVIS. rare book a book of special value or interest on account of its age, limited issue, binding, or Other historical factors. rare earth Chemistry orig., any of various naturally occurring oxides, esp. of elements of the lanthanide series; now usu. (also rare-earth element, rare-earth metal), an element of a group comprising the lanthanide series and often scandium and yttrium. rare gas Chemistry = noble gas s.v. NOBLE adjective.
b. adverb. Rarely. Chiefly poet. in comb. E17.
D. H. Lawrence A rare-spoken, almost surly man.
rareness noun LME.
rarish adjective somewhat rare M19.