| Wilder's diet | An obsolete diet, low in potassium, for treating Addison's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Wilder's law of initial value | The direction of response of a body function to any agent depends to a large degree on the initial level of that function. Synonym: law of initial value. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilder's sign | <clinical sign> A slight twitch of the eyeball when changing its movement from abduction to adduction or the reverse, noted in Graves' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilder, Helenor | <person> 20th century U.S. Scientist. See: Wilder's stain for reticulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilder, Joseph | <person> U.S. Neuropsychiatrist, *1895. See: Wilder's law of initial value. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilder, William | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologst, 1860-1935. See: Wilder's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wildering | <botany> A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wilderment | The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. "And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck and death." (Moore) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wildermuth's ear | An ear in which the helix is turned backward and the anthelix is prominent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wildermuth, Hermann | <person> German psychiatrist, 1852-1907. See: Wildermuth's ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wildervanck syndrome | <syndrome> A congenital short neck associated with paralysis of the external ocular muscles and with perceptive deafness; occurs in girls. Synonym: Wildervanck syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wildervanck, L | <person> 20th century Dutch geneticist. See: Wildervanck syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |