| war neurosis | A stress condition or mental disorder induced by conditions existing in warfare. See: battle fatigue. Synonym: battle neurosis, military neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| warble | 1. <veterinary> A small, hard tumour which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling. A small tumour produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Synonym: warblet, warbeetle, warnles. 2. <zoology> See Wormil. Origin: Cf. Wormil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warble botfly | A large, blue, brown-winged species whose larvae develop in open boil-like lesions in the skin of humans, many domestic animals, and some fowl. It is a very serious and damaging cattle parasite and frequently attacks small children in Central and South America. Its eggs are laid on the legs or abdomen of another insect, such as the mosquito; the eggs later hatch, when stimulated by warmth or other factors, to release the botfly larvae on the skin of the mosquito's bloodmeal host, and the larvae quickly invade the skin to initiate myiasis. Synonym: Dermatobia cyaniventris, human botfly, skin botflies, warble botfly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warble fly | See: botfly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warbler | 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; applied chiefly to birds. "In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo." (Tickell) 2. <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species. 3. <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of small, often bright coloured, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical. The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc. Bush warbler, any one of numerous American warblers of the genus Dendroica. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under Yellow), the black-throated green warbler (Dendroica virens), the yellow-rumped warbler (D. Coronata), the blackpoll (D. Striata), the bay-breasted warbler (D. Castanea), the chestnut-sided warbler (D. Pennsylvanica), the Cape May warbler (D. Tigrina), the prairie warbler (see under Prairie), and the pine warbler (D. Pinus). See also Magnolia warbler, and Blackburnian warbler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Warburg's apparatus | An apparatus for measuring the oxygen consumption of incubated tissue slices by manometric measurement of changes in gas pressure produced by oxygen absorption in an enclosed flask. Synonym: Barcroft-Warburg apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warburg's old yellow enzyme | <enzyme> A flavoprotein that reversibly oxidises NADPH to NADP and a reduced acceptor. Chemical name: NADPH:(acceptor) oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.6.99.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| Warburg's respiratory enzyme | 1. A system of cytochromes and their oxidases that participate in respiratory processes. 2. Often, specifically, cytochrome oxidase. Synonym: Warburg's respiratory enzyme. Origin: Ger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warburg's theory | That the development of cancer is due to irreversible damage to the respiratory mechanism of cells, leading to the selective multiplication of cells with increased glycolytic metabolism, both aerobic and anaerobic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warburg's tincture | <pharmacology> A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Warburg, Otto | <person> German biochemist and Nobel laureate, 1883-1970. See: Warburg's apparatus, Warburg's respiratory enzyme, Warburg's old yellow enzyme, Warburg's theory, Warburg-Lipmann-Dickens-Horecker shunt, Barcroft-Warburg apparatus, Barcroft-Warburg technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warburg-Dickens-Horecker shunt | <biochemistry> A pathway of hexose oxidation in which glucose-6-phosphate undergoes two successive oxidations by NADP, the final one being an oxidative decarboxylation to form a pentose phosphate. Diverges from this when glucose-6-phosphate is oxidized to ribose 5 phosphate by the enzyme glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase. This step reduces NADP to NADPH, generating a source of reducing power in cells for use in reductive biosyntheses. In plants, part of the pathway functions in the formation of hexoses from carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. Also important as source of pentoses, for example for nucleic acid biosynthesis. This pathway is the main metabolic pathway in neutrophils, congenital deficiency in the pathway produces sensitivity to infection. Alternative metabolic route to Embden Meyerhof pathway for breakdown of glucose. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Warburg-Lipmann-Dickens-Horecker shunt | <biochemistry> A pathway of hexose oxidation in which glucose-6-phosphate undergoes two successive oxidations by NADP, the final one being an oxidative decarboxylation to form a pentose phosphate. Diverges from this when glucose-6-phosphate is oxidized to ribose 5 phosphate by the enzyme glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase. This step reduces NADP to NADPH, generating a source of reducing power in cells for use in reductive biosyntheses. In plants, part of the pathway functions in the formation of hexoses from carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. Also important as source of pentoses, for example for nucleic acid biosynthesis. This pathway is the main metabolic pathway in neutrophils, congenital deficiency in the pathway produces sensitivity to infection. Alternative metabolic route to Embden Meyerhof pathway for breakdown of glucose. (18 Nov 1997) |
| ward | 1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch. "Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward." (Spenser) 2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. "For the best ward of mine honor." (Shak) "The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain." (Spenser) "For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard." (Dryden) 3. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. "And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard." (Gen. Xl. 3) "I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward." (Shak) "It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords." (Spenser) 4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point." (Shak) 5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia." A division of a county. A division, district, or quarter of a town or city. "Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward." (Dryden) A division of a forest. A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward. 6. A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it. A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. "The lock is made . . . More secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches." (Tomlinson) Ward penny, money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle. Ward staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. Origin: AS. Weard, fem, guard, weard, asc, keeper, guard; akin to OS. Ward a watcher, warden, G. Wart, OHG. Wart, Icel. Vorr a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in daorawards a doorkeeper, and E. Wary; cf. OF. Warde guard, from the German. See Ware, Wary, and cf. Guard, Wraith. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Ward's triangle | An area of diminished density in the trabecular pattern of the neck of the femur evident by X-ray as well as by direct inspection. (05 Mar 2000) |
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Wart is a fictional character most commonly recognized from Super Mario Bros. 2, known as Super Mario USA in Japan, in which he is the ultimate villain. However, Super Mario USA is actually an adaptation of a game called Doki Doki Panic, produced by a company called Fuji TV. Nintendo bought the rights to the game and replaced the main characters with characters from the Mario series, and was released in America as the sequel to Super Mario Bros. ...
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WASP (an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) is a term that originally denoted the culture, customs, and heritage of the American ?ite Establishment. The term was first popularized by E. Digby Baltzell in his 1964 book ''''. ...
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The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp) is a 502 amino acid protein dependent upon Cdc42 and PIP2 for activation. Once activated it can bind to the Arp2/3 complex and serve as a nucleation point for actin organization. It is part of the WASp family which also includes N-WASP (neuronal Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein), and Scar. ...
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WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and piece of software developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003. WASTE is an acronym for "We Await Silent Tristero's Empire", a reference to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49 in which W.A.S.T.E. was a underground postal service. It was subsequently removed from distribution by AOL, Nullsoft's parent company. ...
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Water Resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. These uses include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 3% of water on the Earth is fresh water, and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. ...
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| WA | the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) |
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| WA | being and remaining ready and available for use |
| WA | a public room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
| WA | a strategy of delay |
| WA | a line of people or vehicles waiting for something |
| WA | a roster of those waiting to obtain something |
| WA | a public room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |
| WA | a woman waiter |
| WA | lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime |
| WA | do without or cease to hold or adhere to |
| WA | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
| WA | Polish filmmaker (born in 1929) |