| Weitbrecht's ligament | A slender band extending from the lateral part of the coronoid process of the ulna distad and laterad to the radius immediately distal to the bicipital tuberosity. Synonym: chorda obliqua, oblique cord, round ligament of elbow joint, Weitbrecht's cord, Weitbrecht's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Weitbrecht, Josias | <person> German-Russian anatomist in St. Petersburg, 1702-1747. See: Weitbrecht's cartilage, Weitbrecht's cord, Weitbrecht's fibres, Weitbrecht's foramen, Weitbrecht's ligament, apparatus ligamentosus weitbrechti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| weka | <zoology> A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wekau | <zoology> A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wekeen | <zoology> The meadow pipit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Welander, Lisa | <person> Swedish neurologist, *1909. See: Kugelberg-Welander disease, Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Welch's bacillus | The most common aetiologic agent of gas gangrene. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Welch, William | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1850-1934. See: Welch's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Welcker's angle | The anterior inferior angle of the parietal bone. Synonym: angulus sphenoidalis ossis parietalis, sphenoid angle, sphenoidal angle, Welcker's angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Welcker, Hermann | <person> German anthropologist and anatomist, 1822-1898. See: Welcker's angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| welcome | 1. Salutation to a newcomer. "Welcome ever smiles." 2. Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome. "His warmest welcome at an inn." (Shenstone) "Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too." (South) To bid welcome, to receive with professions of kindness. "To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome." (Shak) 1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor. "When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest." (Cowper) 2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news. "O, welcome hour!" 3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library. Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome. "Welcome, great monarch, to your own. <botany> " Welcome-to-our-house, a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias). Origin: OE. Welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS. Wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to willa will + cuma a comer, fr. Cuman to come; hence, properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf. Icel. Velkominn welcome, G. Willkommen. See Will, and Come. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| weld | 1. <botany> An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow colour. Alternative forms: woald, wold, and would. 2. Colouring matter or dye extracted from this plant. Origin: OE. Welde; akin to Scot. Wald, Prov. G. Waude, G. Wau, Dan. & Sw. Vau, D. Wouw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| welder's conjunctivitis | Acute keratoconjunctivitis resulting from exposure to intense ultraviolet irradiation. Synonym: actinic conjunctivitis, arc-flash conjunctivitis, flash keratoconjunctivitis, ophthalmia nivalis, snow conjunctivitis, welder's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| welder's lung | Relatively benign form of pneumoconiosis, associated with welding, resulting from deposit of fine metallic particles in the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| weldon's process | <chemistry> A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; so called after the inventor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wedge resection |
Surgery to remove a wedge-shaped piece of tissue.
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| weld |
The fusing together of metals by melting the pieces where they meet and will be joined. Use of pressure and/or a filler material may aid in the fusion.
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| wean |
to train an offspring to take nourishment from a source other than the mother
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| weld |
the process of uniting portions of one or more pieces, the elements of a member, or the members of a structure in an intimate and permanent position or status; the joint produced by the welding process
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| weight cycling |
The repeated loss and regain of body weight. When weight cycling is the result of dieting, it is often called "yo-yo" dieting.
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| WE | a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other |
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| WE | weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster |
| WE | worn by exposure to the weather |
| WE | a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure |
| WE | (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) |
| WE | (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled |
| WE | predicts the weather |
| WE | make resistant to bad weather |
| WE | able to withstand exposure to weather without damage |
| WE | provide with weatherstripping, as of window frames |
| WE | equip with weatherstripping |
| WE | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure |