| 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) |
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| 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) |
| watermark | <botany> A line on vegetation or other upright structures that represents the maximum height reached in an inundation (flooding) event. (09 Oct 1997) |
| watermaster | An official of the Oregon Water Resources Department who allocates available surface or groundwater in the state. (05 Dec 1998) |
| watermelon | <botany> The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in colour, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| waterpot | A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| waterpox | varicella Previous: water pollutants, radioactive, water pore, waterpot, water potentialNext: water pox, water purification, water purslane, water qualmwater pox <medicine> A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| waters | Colloquialism for amniotic fluid. Bag of waters, bag. False waters, a leakage of fluid prior to or in beginning labour, before the rupture of the amnion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Waters' operation | An extraperitoneal cesarean section with a supravesical approach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Waters' projection | A PA radiographic view of the skull made with the orbitomeatal line at an angle of 37 |
| Waters' view | A PA radiographic view of the skull made with the orbitomeatal line at an angle of 37 |
| Waters' view radiograph | A radiographic frontal view of the maxillary sinuses, orbits, nasal structures and zygomas; permits direct comparison of the sides. Synonym: Waters' view radiograph. (05 Mar 2000) |