| water-electrolyte balance | The state of the body in relation to the intake and excretion of water and electrolytes, particularly sodium and potassium. It exists in a metabolic balance internally with body fluid compartments, total body water, blood volume, extracellular space, etc., externally through sensible and insensible sweating. The hypothalamus controls water balance. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| water-electrolyte imbalance | Disturbances in the body's water-electrolyte metabolism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water-hammer pulse | <radiology> Corrigan's sign: increased pulse at wrist, aortic insufficiency, widened pulse pressure due to increased stroke volume, diastolic regurgitation (12 Dec 1998) |
| water-soluble chlorophyll derivatives | The copper complex of sodium and/or potassium salts of saponified chlorophyll, used topically for deodorization of chronic lesions and to promote wound repair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water-whistle sound | A bubbling whistle heard on auscultation over a bronchial or pulmonary fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water-white | <botany> A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| waterbok | <zoology> A water buck. Origin: D. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| waterfall | 1. A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract. 2. An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall. 3. A certain kind of neck scarf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| waterhorse | A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Waterhouse, Rupert | <person> British physician, 1873-1958. See: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome | <radiology> Septicaemia (e.g., meningococcaemia), haemorrhagic necrosis of adrenals due to, septic emboli, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), most likely to be adrenal haemorrhage and/or calcification (12 Dec 1998) |
| waterie | <zoology> The pied wagtail; so called because it frequents ponds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| watering | <medicine> From Water, Watering call Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot. Watering trough, a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| watering-can scrotum | Urinary fistulas in scrotum and perineum, resulting from disease of the perineal urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| waterleaf | <botany> Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |