RA

Dorm mentor abbreviation

RA stands for resident advisor (or assistant), a student who supervises a dormitory floor: Ask your RA about quiet hours.

RA also means rheumatoid arthritis—a chronic inflammatory joint disease.

In British contexts, RA is the Royal Academy of Arts.

In astronomy, RA is right ascension. (Ra is the Egyptian god or radium.)

arthritis

rheumatoid

Immune-mediated joint inflammation

chronic · diagnosis · treatment · flare · remission · methotrexate

element

radium

Radioactive alkaline earth metal

  • radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
  • CurieRadioactivity research dynasty
  • decayGradual organic breakdown

isotope · alpha · radiation · atomic · nucleus · emanation · luminescent · pitchblende · uranium

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Opposites
arthritis type

RAosteoarthritis

Cartilage breakdown in joints

celestial domain

RAdarkness

Total absence of light

Osiris · Anubis · Set · night · Nut

dormitory hierarchy

RAresident

One who inhabits

dorm resident · supervisee · freshman

Phrases
Family

ray, rah

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