| Dandy, Walter | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1886-1946. See: Dandy operation, Dandy-Walker syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dandy | Origin: Cf. F. Dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. Allied to E. Dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol. 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats. Synonym: jigger, and mizzen. 3. A dandy roller. See below. Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. Dandy fever. See Dengue. Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dandy fever | Tropical disease caused by a flavivirus (one of the arboviruses), transmitted by mosquitoes. A more serious complication is dengue shock syndrome, a haemorrhagic fever probably caused by an immune complex hypersensitivity after re exposure. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Dandy operation | More specifically see: third ventriculostomy, trigeminal rhizotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dandy-Walker syndrome | <syndrome> Obstruction of foramina of Luschka and Magendie, enlarged 4th ventricle, hypoplastic vermis and cerebellum associated with: agenesis of corpus callosum, encephalocele (12 Dec 1998) |
| Achenbach, Walter | <person> 20th century German internist. See: Achenbach syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blount, Walter | <person> U.S. Orthopedic surgeon, *1900. See: Blount's disease, Blount-Barber disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Palmer, Walter | <person> U.S. Physician, *1896. See: Palmer acid test for peptic ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gaskell, Walter | <person> English physiologist, 1847-1914. See: Gaskell's bridge, Gaskell's clamp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gilbert, Walter | <person> The coinventor of Maxam-Gilbert sequencing, which is a lab technique used to find the sequence of nucleotide bases of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). He is also known for his research on the intron-exon gene structure of eukaryotes. In 1980, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Paul Berg, a biochemist. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Reed, Walter | <person> 1851-1902. U.S. Army surgeon, elucidated epidemiology of yellow fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cheadle, Walter | <person> English paediatrician, 1835-1910. See: Cheadle's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walter Gilbert | <person> The coinventor of Maxam-Gilbert sequencing, which is a lab technique used to find the sequence of nucleotide bases of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). He is also known for his research on the intron-exon gene structure of eukaryotes. In 1980, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Paul Berg, a biochemist. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Whitehead, Walter | <person> English surgeon, 1840-1913. See: Whitehead deformity, Whitehead's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haworth, Sir Walter Norman | <person> British chemist and Nobel laureate, 1883-1950. See: Haworth conformational formulas of cyclic sugars, Haworth perspective formulas of cyclic sugars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schiller, Walter | <person> Austrian pathologist in U.S., 1887-1960. See: Schiller's test. (05 Mar 2000) |