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R0125000 (rē′jən)n.1. a. A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space: the upper regions of the atmosphere.b. A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic: the coastal region; the region of storm damage.c. A bioregion.d. A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands: the Osaka region.2. An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries: the abdominal region.3. An area of interest or activity; a sphere: the region of gender studies.4. An approximate degree or amount: costs in the region of one billion dollars.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin regiō, regiōn-, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

region

(ˈriːdʒən) n1. any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space2. (Physical Geography) an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an administrative division of a country: Tuscany is one of the regions of the Italian Republic. 4. a realm or sphere of activity or interest5. range, area, or scope: in what region is the price likely to be?. 6. (Pathology) a division or part of the boday: the lumbar region. 7. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas. See also islands council[C14: from Latin regiō, from regere to govern]

re•gion

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n. 1. an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth. 2. Usu., regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the mind. 3. a part of the earth's surface of considerable and usu. indefinite extent: a tropical region. 4. a district without respect to boundaries or extent: an industrial region. 5. a large, indefinite area or range of something specified: a region of authority. 6. an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field. 7. an administrative division of a country, territory, or city. 8. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area. 9. a division or part of the body: the abdominal region. [1300–50; < Anglo-French regiun < Latin regiō direction, line, boundary <regere to rule]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	region - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"partlocation - a point or extent in spaceatmosphere, air - the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"biosphere - the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms existdepth - (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"interplanetary space - the part of outer space within the solar systeminterstellar space - the space between starsheliosphere - the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar systemintergalactic space - the space between galaxies; "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space"deep space - any region in space outside the solar systemaerospace - the atmosphere and outer space considered as a wholezone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristicbelt - an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure"bottom - the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"distance - a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"Eden, heaven, paradise, Shangri-la, promised land, nirvana - any place of complete bliss and delight and peaceextremity - the outermost or farthest region or pointhell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";inside, interior - the region that is inside of somethingionosphere - the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electronslayer - a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under anotherexterior, outside - the region that is outside of somethingradius - a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles"side - a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"air - the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air"vacuity, vacuum - a region that is devoid of mattertop - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"zodiac - a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposesmansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, house - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is dividedPapua - the southeastern part of Papua New GuineaSind - a region of southeastern Pakistanblack hole - a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational fieldEdgeworth-Kuiper belt, Kuiper belt - a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptunemaria, mare - a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
	2.	region - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"areabody part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremityerogenous zone - any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulationpressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu"hypochondrium - the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastriumarea of cardiac dullness - a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungsepigastrium - the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)fovea, fovea centralis - area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acuteparafovea - area of the retina immediately surrounding the foveamacula lutea, macular area, yellow spot, macula - a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed visioncortical area, cortical region - any of various regions of the cerebral cortexperineum - the general region between the anus and the genital organsside - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"cleavage - the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bitemidriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"waist, waistline - the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hipsloins, pubes, pubic region - the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organspalm, thenar - the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingersthenar - the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumbsole - the underside of the foothalf-moon, lunula, lunule - the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernailgroin, inguen - the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitalsquick - any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
	3.	region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"location - a point or extent in spacearea, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"backwater - a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"breadbasket - a geographic region serving as the principal source of graintheater of war, theatre of war - the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operationsfield of operations, theater of operations, theatre of operations, theatre, theater, field - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"zone of interior - the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operationsdistrict, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposesdemesne, domain, land - territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"northland - any region lying in or toward the northsouthland - any region lying in or toward the southfield - somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earthbiogeographical region - an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and faunaheartland - the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a cultureirredenta, irridenta - a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by anotherantipodes - any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"terra incognita, unknown, unknown region - an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"testing ground, laboratory - a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism"
	4.	region - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"neighborhoodindefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	5.	region - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"realmknowledge base, knowledge domain, domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge

region

noun1. area, country, place, part, land, quarter, division, section, sector, district, territory, zone, province, patch, turf (U.S. slang), tract, expanse, locality a remote mountain regionin the region of2. around, around, almost, nearing, nearly, approaching, close to, roughly, more or less, approximately There are still somewhere in the region of 18 million members.3. vicinity, in the area of, in the range of, in the scope of, in the neighbourhood of, in the sphere of a series of battles in the region of Matebete

Administrative Regions

French regions Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Brittany, Burgundy, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corsica, Franche-Comté, Haute-Normandie, Île-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-AlpesFrench départements Ain, Aisne, Allier, Alpes de Haute Provence, Alpes Maritimes, Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas Rhin, Bouches du Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Corse, Cote d'Or, Côtes du Nord, Creuse, Deux Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Essone, Eure, Eure et Loir, Finistère, Gard, Gayane, Gers, Gironde, Guadeloupe, Haut Rhin, Haute Garonne, Haute Loire, Haute Marne, Haute Savoie, Haute Vienne, Hautes Alpes, Hautes Pyrénées, Hauts de Seine, Hérault, Ille et Vilaine, Indre, Indre et Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loir et Cher, Loire, Loire Atlantique, Loiret, Lot, Lot et Garonne, Lozère, Maine et Loire, Manche, Marne, Martinique, Mayenne, Meurthe et Moselle, Meuse, Morbihan, Moselle, Niveres, Nord, Oise, Orne, Paris, Pas de Calais, Puy de Dôme, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Pyrénées Orientales, Réunion, Rhône, Saône, Saône et Loire, Sarthe, Savoie, Seine et Marne, Seine Maritime, Seine Saint Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn et Garonne, Territoire de Belfort, Val d'Oise, Val de Marne, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne, YvelinesGerman states Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, ThuringiaItalian regions Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, VenetoItalian provinces Agrigento, Alessandria, Ancona, Aosta, Arezzo, Ascoli Piceno, Asti, Avellino, Bari, Belluno, Benevento, Bergamo, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Brindisi, Cagliari, Caltanissetta, Campobasso, Caserta, Catania, Catanzaro, Chieti, Como, Cosenza, Cremona, Crotone, Cuneo, Enna, Ferrara, Firenze, Foggia, Forlì, Frosinone, Genova, Gorizia, Grosseto, Imperia, Isernia, L'Aquila, La Spezia, Latina, Lecce, Lecco, Livorno, Lodi, Lucca, Macerata, Mantova, Massa Carrara, Matera, Messina, Milano, Modena, Napoli, Novara, Nuoro, Oristano, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Pavia, Perugia, Pesaro, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pistoia, Pordenone, Potenza, Prato, Ragusa, Ravenna, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Rieti, Rimini, Roma, Rovigo, Salerno, Sassari, Savona, Siena, Siracusa, Sondrio, Taranto, Teramo, Terni, Torino, Trapani, Trento, Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Varese, Venezia, Verbania, Vercelli, Verona, Vibo Valentia, Vicenza, Viterbo, Repubblica di San MarinoSpanish regions Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla-León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Valencian Community, Ceuta, MelillaSpanish provinces Álava, Albacete, Alhucemas, Alicante, Almerìa, Asturias, Ávila, Badajoz, Balearics, Barcelona, Burgos, Cácares, Cádiz, Cantabria, Castellón, Chafarinas, Cordoba, Cuenca, Ceuta, Ciudad Real, Girona, Granada, Gualalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Huesca, Jaén, La Coruna, La Rioja, Las Palmas, León, Lleida, Lugo, Madrid, Málaga, Melilla, Murcia, Navarra, Orense, Palencia, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Sevilla, Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Vélez de la Gomera, Vizcaya, Zamora, Zaragoza

region

noun1. A part of the earth's surface:area, belt, district, locality, neighborhood, quarter, tract, zone.Informal: neck of the woods.2. A particular area used for or associated with a specific individual or activity:country, district, terrain, territory.Slang: turf.

Translations

区域地区地域

region

(ˈriːdʒən) noun a part of a country, the world etc. Do you know this region well?; in tropical regions.区域, ，地区 ˈregional adjectiveregional variations in speech.地区的ˈregionally adverb地方的, ，地区性地 in the region of about; around; near. The cost of the new building will be somewhere in the region of $200,000.在...左右

region

→ 地域zhCN

Do you have anything typical of this region? → 这儿有当地特产出售吗？
Where can I buy a map of the region? → 哪儿能买到本地区的地图？

region

[re´jun] a plane with more or less definite boundaries; called also regio. adj., adj re´gional.abdominal r's the areas into which the anterior surface of the abdomen is divided, including the epigastric, hypochondriac (right and left), iliac (right and left), lumbar (right and left), hypogastric, and umbilical.

Nine abdominopelvic regions. From Applegate, 2000.See illustration.AN region the area of the heart where the atrial fibers merge with the atrioventricular node.anal region the part of the region" >perineal region that surrounds the anus" >anus.axillary region the area of the upper chest surrounding the axilla" >axilla, lateral to the region" >pectoral region.epigastric region the abdominal region that is superior and central in location, above the umbilical region and between the two hypochondriac regions.facial region that comprising the various anatomical regions of the face, divided into buccal (side of oral cavity), infraorbital (below eye), mental (chin), nasal (nose), oral (lips), orbital (eye), parotid (angle of jaw), and zygomatic (cheek bone) regions.H region the area of the bundle of His from its connection with the atrioventricular node to its branching portion.homology r's looped structures, comprising approximately 100 amino acid residues and fastened by disulfide bonds, that show similarities in primary structure from one region to another. They represent the building blocks or units of immunoglobulin molecules.hypochondriac region either of the abdominal regions that are in superior lateral locations, one on the left (left hypochondriac region) and one on the right (right hypochondriac region) of the region" >epigastric region; called also hypochondrium.hypogastric region suprapubic region.I region that part of the major histocompatibility complex where immune response genes are present.iliac region inguen.inframammary region the part of the region" >pectoral region inferior to the breast, bordered inferiorly by the region" >hypochondriac region of the abdomen.inguinal region inguen.lateral region either of the abdominal regions that are in central lateral locations, one to the left (left lateral region) and one to the right (right lateral region) of the region" >umbilical region; called also flank and lumbar region.lateral pectoral region the most lateral part of the region" >pectoral region, bounded laterally by the region" >axillary region.lumbar region 1. the region of the back lying lateral to the lumbar vertebrae. See also loin.2. lateral region.mammary region the part of the region" >pectoral region surrounding the gland" >mammary gland.N region [nodal region] the region of the atrioventricular node consisting of the body of the node.NH region [nodal-His region] the area where the atrioventricular node becomes the bundle of His.pectoral region the aspect of the chest overlying the pectoralis major muscle, subdivided into the lateral pectoral, mammary, and inframammary regions.pelvic region suprapubic region.perineal region the region underlying the pelvic outlet, subdivided into the anal and urogenital regions.precordial region the part of the anterior surface of the body covering the heart and the pit of the stomach.presternal region the region of the thorax overlying the sternum" >sternum, bounded laterally by the regions" >pectoral regions.pubic region suprapubic region.suprapubic region the abdominal region that is inferior and central in location, below the region" >umbilical region and between the two iliacregions" >(inguinal) regions; called also hypogastric or pelvic region.umbilical region the abdominal region that is most central in location, surrounding the umbilicus" >umbilicus; it is bounded laterally by the two lateral or lumbar regions, superiorly by the epigastric region, and inferiorly by the suprapubic or hypogastric region.urogenital region the part of the region" >perineal region that surrounds the external genital organs and the urethral orifice,

re·gion

(rē'jŭn), [TA] 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body.
See also: space, zone.
See also: area, space, spatium, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special function.
See also: area, space, spatium, zone. Synonym(s): regio [TA] [L. regio]

region

(rē′jən)n. An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries: the abdominal region.

re·gion

(rē'jŭn) [TA] 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body.
See also: space, zone2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special function.
See also: area, space, spatium, zone
Synonym(s): regio [TA] . [L. regio]

region

(re'jon) [L. regio, boundary] A portion of the body with natural or arbitrary boundaries. Synonym: regioregional (-al), adjective

ABDOMINAL REGIONS

abdominal regions

The abdomen and its external surface, divided into nine regions by four imaginary planes: two horizontal, one at the level of the ninth costal cartilage (or the lowest point of the costal arch) and the other at the level of the highest point of the iliac crest; two vertical, through the centers of the inguinal ligaments (or through the nipples or through the centers of the clavicles) or curved and coinciding with the lateral borders of the two abdominal rectus muscles. See: illustration

chest region

Any of the three areas of the chest: anterior, posterior, and lateral. The anterior divisions (right and left) are the clavicular, infraclavicular, and supraclavicular, the mammary and inframammary, and the upper and lower sternal. The posterior divisions (right and left) are the scapular, infrascapular, interscapular, and suprascapular. The lateral divisions are the axillary and infra-axillary.

hypochondriac region

Hypochondrium.

hypogastric region

Hypogastrium.

iliac region

The inguinal region on either side of the hypogastrium.

inguinal region

Groin.

lumbar region

That area of the abdominal surface lateral to the umbilical region, above the iliac region, and below the hypochondriac region.

region of interest

Abbreviation: ROI
In radiology, the object of a study or a treatment designed to affect a limited part of the body.

parasternal region

The area between the sternal border and parasternal line.

sternomastoid region

The wide area on the lateral region of the neck covered by sternocleidomastoid muscle.

re·gion

(rē'jŭn) [TA] 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of a body surface. 2. Portion of body with special nervous or vascular supply, or organ part with special function.
See also: area, space, zone[L. regio]

Patient discussion about region

Q. Any idea on how to meet people who suffer from alcoolism in my region? A. if you look for an AA meeting near your home- that should not be a problem- just "google" it. or ask your doctor to reffer you to the nearest clinic.
take care! and good for you on that big step!

Q. Is there any problem, if an arachnoid cyst ,2cmx1.5cm size, rostral to cerebellar region left untreated? symptoms: repeated headaches, twitching of muscles, tirednessA. An arachnoid cyst that leads to symptoms usually needs treatment. Mild symptoms as you suggested are ok to left untreated however gradual onset of new symptoms may arise such as seizures, paralysis and other complications, therefore once symptoms occur one should consider treatment.

Q. experiencing sharp pain in my right kidney region... pain is acute and doesnt radiate... recently PE left lung have been taking warfrin, panadiene forte, two kinds of cholesterol/triglycerine reducing meds and champix quit smoking medication... recently tests showed the hight cholesterol and triglys' levels and also a swollen liver... pain is not in my liver area... past pain in this kidney recurrent but never as bad. always dull.. many years ago had a uti, which caused high protiene levels.. very bad at finishing anti-biotics... recently had tonsilitis.. This hurts and is tender to touch but does not bring on sharp pain when touched, sharp pain comes and goes after taking pain reliefA. Go to see a doctor - although its tempting to make the diagnosis over the net (I have several ideas about what it might be), it sounds like serious, especially if you had a PE lately - it could be a thrombus in the vein of the kidney, or maybe a stone (sounds like that according to the description of the pain). However, as I said, making the diagnosis without even seeing you isn't the wisest thing to do.
Take care,

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