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re·bec

also re·beck  (rē′bĕk′)
n. Music
A pear-shaped, two-stringed or three-stringed medieval instrument, played with a bow.
[French, from Old French, alteration (influenced by bec, beak, from its shape) of rebebe, from Old Provençal rebeb, from Arabic rabāb, from rabba, to be master, control; see rbb in Semitic roots.]
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rebec

(ˈriːbɛk) or

rebeck

n
(Instruments) a medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin but having a lute-shaped body
[C16: from Old French rebebe, from Arabic rebāb; perhaps also influenced by Old French bec beak]
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re•bec

or re•beck

(ˈri bɛk)

n.
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck with a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped end.
[1500–10; < Middle French; replacing Middle English ribibe < Old French rebebe « Arabic rabāb a Near Eastern fiddle with one to three strings]
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The Empire of Galilee was not much more advanced; among its music one could hardly distinguish some miserable rebec, from the infancy of the art, still imprisoned in the re-la-mi .
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According to the results, Salma Drugdova (Slovakia), who beat Polina Drobisheva (Azerbaijan) with a score of 6:1, 6:0, as well as Ariga Todoni (Romania), who beat Pia Maria Rebec (Slovenia) with a score of 6:0, 6:0, Pedro Rodenas (Spain), who beat Forta Morina (Kosovo) with a score of 6:0, 6:0, Dominik Salkov (Czech Republic), who beat Dani Zhuna (Albania) with a score of 6:0, 6:0, and Andrea Sillaste (Estonia), who beat Patrik Jurina (Croatia) with a score of 7:5, 6:2, have proceeded to the next stage.
Regular individual meetings in tennis competitions of XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival completed
This SP is enrolled in the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (ReBEC) under number (RBR-2xfgdh).
Effect of 16-Week Blood Flow Restriction Exercise on Functional Fitness in Sarcopenic Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial/ Efecto del Ejercicio de Restriccion del Flujo Sanguineo de 16 Semanas sobre la Aptitud Funcional en Mujeres Sarcopenicas: Un Ensayo Controlado Aleatorio
Also called the Oriental rebec, the rababa has a pear-shaped body with a long thin neck and a peg sound box at the end.
Egypt's 'rababa' fiddle hangs by a string
Bartlett -- Stuenkel 2 0-0 6, Angell 2 0-0 4, Mansk 1 0-0 2, Gates 7 0-1 16, Palella 5 7-11 17, Wolf 3 0-0 6, Rebec 1 1-1 3, Dunlop 0 0-0 0.
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The Periodicos Capes Theses Databases and ProQuest Dissertations were also searched, as well as the unpublished and ongoing trials registry (ClinicalTrials.gov, EU Clinical Trials Register, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, Current Controlled Trials, and Rebec), beyond the IADR and their regional divisions abstracts (1990-2016).
Effects of Ibuprofen Compared to Other Premedication Drugs on the Risk and Intensity of Postendodontic Pain: A Systematic Review
Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry(ReBec)###http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/
SHORT COMMUNICATION - Clinical Trial Registry: An essential requirement for physical therapy and health researchers in Pakistan
It's billed as a joyous journey round the music and instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe with viols and racketts plus cornetts, sackbuts, shawms, violin, rebec, and others of every kind.
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The present study was designed as a randomized controlled crossover trial study (Register code: REBEC RBR-9h3c2b).
High-Intensity Interval Aquatic Exercise Session Promotes Post-Exercise Hypotension in Hypertensive Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This program performs continuous nutritional intervention in the university community and is registered in the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials ReBEC identifier number RBR-5N4Y2G.
"Traditional" and "Healthy" Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Low Cardiometabolic Risk in Brazilian Subjects
It is a blind randomized and transversal study that was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research and registered on the Plataforma Brasil with the number CAAE 0025.0.228.000-11 and registration in the REBEC RBR-2BGHMH.
Efeitos dos exercicios de vibracao de corpo inteiro na flexibilidade e no nivel da dor de mulheres com sindrome metabolica: um estudo piloto
Para tanto, foram identificados todos os registros de ensaios clinicos incluidos em dois repositorios: um nacional, o Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clinicos (ReBEC), e outro internacional, o ClinicalTrials.gov.
Priorities of clinical drug trials in Brazil and neglected diseases of poverty/Prioridades da pesquisa clinica com medicamentos no Brasil e as doencas da pobreza

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