| wadding | Carded cotton or wool in sheets, used for surgical dressings. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Waddington | C. H., British embryologist and geneticist, 1905-1975. See: waddingtonian homeostasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| waddingtonian homeostasis | The set of processes by which imbalances and other defects in ontogeny are corrected before development is completed. Synonym: ontogenic homeostasis, waddingtonian homeostasis. Origin: homeo-+ G. Rheos, stream, current (05 Mar 2000) |