RICE

See also: rice, Rice, ricé, and -rice

English

Noun

RICE (uncountable)

1. (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 […]

2. (medicine) Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation: a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries.
3. (chemistry) Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium: a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction.

Related terms

• PRICE
• RICE box
• RICE chart
• RICE table

 

Anagrams

• ERIC, Eric, cire, eric, icer