| wandering goiter | A freely movable goiter that is sometimes above and sometimes below the sternal notch. Synonym: wandering goiter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| wandering kidney | The abnormally mobile kidney in nephroptosia. Synonym: movable kidney, wandering kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wandering liver | A downward displacement of the liver. Synonym: wandering liver. Origin: hepato-+ G. Ptosis, a failing (05 Mar 2000) |
| wandering macrophage | <haematology> A macrophage that leaves the blood and migrates to infected tissue. (09 Oct 1997) |
| wandering organ | An organ with loose attachments, permitting its displacement. Synonym: floating organ, ptotic organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wandering pacemaker | A disturbance of the normal cardiac rhythm in which the site of the controlling pacemaker shifts from beat to beat, usually between the sinus and A-V nodes, often with gradual sequential changes in P waves between upright and inverted in a given ECG lead. Synonym: shifting pacemaker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wandering pneumonia | A form of pneumonia in which successive areas of the lung are affected; may occur in bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Synonym: wandering pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wanderoo | <zoology> A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Alternative forms: ouanderoo. The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species. Origin: Cingalese wanderu a monkey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wang's test | A quantitative test for indican, which is transformed into indigo-sulfuric acid and then titrated by a solution of potassium permanganate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wang, Chung | <person> Chinese pathologist, 1889-1931. See: Wang's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wangan | A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; so called by Maine lumbermen. Alternative forms: wangun. Origin: American Indian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wangensteen drainage | Continuous drainage by suction through an indwelling gastric or duodenal tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wangensteen suction | A modified siphon that maintains constant negative pressure, used with a duodenal tube for the relief of gastric and intestinal distention. Synonym: Wangensteen tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wangensteen tube | A modified siphon that maintains constant negative pressure, used with a duodenal tube for the relief of gastric and intestinal distention. Synonym: Wangensteen tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wangensteen, Owen | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1898-1981. See: Wangensteen drainage, Wangensteen suction, Wangensteen tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms :
| walk |
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car" the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" obtain a base on balls live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness" base on balls: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" manner of walking; "he had a funny walk" take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God" a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk" a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" walk of life: careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life" walk at a pace; "The horses walked across the meadow"
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| walker |
New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) United States writer (born in 1944) pedestrian: a person who travels by foot a shoe designed for comfortable walking a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
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| watt |
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
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| walking |
walk-to(a): close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory" walk: the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
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| wall |
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" rampart: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall" a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited" (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls" a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue" a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall" surround with a wall in order to fortify
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| WA | panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest |
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| WA | used of walls |
| WA | wooden panel used to line the walls of a room |
| WA | wooden panel used to line the walls of a room |
| WA | a wagon maker |
| WA | the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole |
| WA | the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips |
| WA | spare anchor for use in emergency |
| WA | up to the waist |
| WA | up to the waist |
| WA | a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers |
| WA | a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers |