| CWS | cell wall skeleton; chest wall stimulation; child welfare service; cold water-soluble; cotton wool s... |
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| wool | 1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Wool consists essentially of keratin. 2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. "Wool of bat and tongue of dog." (Shak) 3. <botany> A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass. Mineral wool. See Mineral. Philosopher's wool. <chemistry> See Zinc oxide, under Zinc. Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide. Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool. Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool. Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. Wool comber. One whose occupation is to comb wool. A machine for combing wool. <botany> Wool grass, a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep. Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. Wool stapler. One who deals in wool. One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale. Origin: OE. Wolle, wulle, AS. Wull; akin to D. Wol, OHG. Wolla, G. Wolle, Icel. & Sw. Ull, Dan. Uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. Vilna, Russ. Volna, L. Vellus, Skr. Rn wool, to cover, . Cf. Flannel, Velvet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wool ball | A trichophytobezoar formed chiefly of wool and vegetable matter in the stomach of sheep. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wool fat | <physiology> A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally. Under the same name, it is prepared from wool for commercial purposes, and forms an admirable basis for ointments, being readily absorbed by the skin. Origin: L. Lana wool + oleum oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wool maggot | The larva of one of several species of blowflies which deposit eggs on sheep, causing myiasis. Synonym: fleece worm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wool wax | The greasy substance obtained from the wool of the sheep Ovis aries (family Bovidae). Used as an emollient base for creams and ointments. Synonym: hydrous wool fat, lanolin, wool wax. Origin: L. Fat of wool (05 Mar 2000) |
| wool-sorter's disease | A form of anthrax acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; there is an initial chill followed by pain in the back and legs, rapid respiration, dyspnea, cough, fever, rapid pulse, and extreme cardiovascular collapse. Synonym: anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, rag-sorter's disease, wool-sorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease, wool-sorter's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wool-sorter's pneumonia | A form of anthrax acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; there is an initial chill followed by pain in the back and legs, rapid respiration, dyspnea, cough, fever, rapid pulse, and extreme cardiovascular collapse. Synonym: anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, rag-sorter's disease, wool-sorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease, wool-sorter's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| woold | To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it. Origin: D. Woelen, bewoelen; akin to G. Wuhlen, bewuhlen. 146. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woolder | 1. A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding. 2. One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woolert | <zoology> The barn owl. Alternative forms: oolert, and owlerd. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Woolf, B | <person> 20th-century British biochemist. See: Woolf-Lineweaver-Burk plot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Woolf-Lineweaver-Burk plot | <statistics> A graph made to analyse how fast an enzyme can convert its substrate into its product, depending on how much substrate is present (its concentration) and to determine its maximum speed (after which the enzyme does not get any faster no matter how high the concentration of substrate gets), called Vmax. It is a plot of 1/v versus 1/[S], where v=rate of product formation and [S]=the concentration of the substrate. Synonym: Lineweaver-Burk plot, Woolf-Lineweaver-Burk plot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| woolfell | A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. Alternative forms: woolfel. Origin: Wool + fell a skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woolgathering | Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| woolhead | <zoology> The buffel duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wood wool | A specially prepared, not compressed, wood fibre used for surgical dressings. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cotton-wool patches | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> White, fuzzy areas on the surface of the retina (accumulations of cellular organelles) caused by damage (usually infarction) of the retinal fibre layer. Synonym: cotton-wool spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotton-wool spots | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> White, fuzzy areas on the surface of the retina (accumulations of cellular organelles) caused by damage (usually infarction) of the retinal fibre layer. Synonym: cotton-wool spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holmgren's wool test | A test for colour blindness, in which the subject matches variously coloured skeins of wool. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrous wool fat | The greasy substance obtained from the wool of the sheep Ovis aries (family Bovidae). Used as an emollient base for creams and ointments. Synonym: hydrous wool fat, lanolin, wool wax. Origin: L. Fat of wool (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Wools
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lanolin: a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics
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| woolsorter's disease |
pulmonary anthrax: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
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| woolsorter's pneumonia |
pulmonary anthrax: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
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| woolsorter's disease |
A pulmonary form of anthrax that develops in those who handle wool contaminated with Bacillus anthracis.
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| woolly hair syndrome |
A rare congenital disorder in which infants are born with wiry or unusually curly hair; sometimes associated with abnormal heart development. Sometimes found only on hair that grows on nevi.
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| wool | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks |
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| wool | a fabric made from the hair of sheep |
| wool | fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving |
| wool | a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool |
| wool | grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass |
| wool | sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets |
| wool | a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool |
| wool | any oil used to oil wool before spinning |
| wool | a person who sorts wool into different grades |
| wool | a person who sorts wool into different grades |
| wool | a dealer in wool |
| wool | a fabric made from the hair of sheep |
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