| wing plate | The dorsal division of the lateral walls of the neural tube in the embryo; it gives rise to neurons relaying afferent impulses to higher centres; in the adult such neurons compose the sensory nuclei of the spinal cord and brainstem. Synonym: lamina alaris, alar plate of neural tube, dorsolateral plate of neural tube, lamina dorsalis, wing plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| wing-beating tumour | A coarse, irregular tumour that is most prominent when the limbs are held outstretched, reminiscent of a bird flapping its wings; due to up and down excursion of arm at abducted shoulder. Seen mainly with Wilson's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wing-footed | 1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. 2. <zoology> Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; said of the pteropod mollusks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wing-handed | <zoology> Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wing-leaved | <botany> Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wing-shell | <zoology> Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus. Any pteropod shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winged | 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. "How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake." (J. S. Harford) 3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing. 5. <botany> Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. 6. Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body. 7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winged catheter | A soft rubber catheter with little flaps at each side of the beak to retain it in the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winged scapula | <anatomy> An outward prominence of the scapula caused by disruption of its nerves or muscles. (27 Sep 1997) |
| wingfish | <zoology> A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wingless | <molecular biology> Drosophila homologue of int 1, functions in pattern formation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| winglet | 1. A little wing; a very small wing. 2. <zoology> A bastard wing, or alula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Winiwarter, Felix von | <person> German surgeon, 1852-1931. See: Winiwarter-Buerger disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winiwarter-Buerger disease | <disease> A progressive occlusive disease of the blood vessels in the lower extremities. Smoking is considered a major factor in the development and acceleration of this disease. It is autoimmune in nature. Synonym:: Buerger's disease. (15 Oct 1997) |
| wink | 1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. "Although I wake or wink." 2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. "He must wink, so loud he would cry." (Chaucer) "And I will wink, so shall the day seem night." (Shak) "They are not blind, but they wink." (Tillotson) 3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. "A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day." (Hawthorne) 4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only. "Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate." (Swift) 5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; generally with at. "The times of this ignorance God winked at." (Acts xvii. 30) "And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign." (Herbert) "Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued." (Locke) 6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks. <zoology> Winking monkey, the white-nosed monkey (Cersopithecus nictitans). Origin: OE. Winken, AS. Wincian; akin to D. Wenken, G. Winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. Winchan, Sw. Vinka, Dan. Vinke, AS. Wancol wavering, OHG. Wanchal wavering, wanchn to waver, G. Wanken, and perhaps to E. Weak; cf. AS. Wincel a corner. Cf. Wench, Wince. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Seward was named secretary of state by Lincoln and eventually became one of Lincoln
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| wisdom tooth |
The third molar found in each jaw.
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| winter itch |
Pruritus Hiemalis: a dehydrated condition of the skin characterized by erythema, dry scaling, fine cracking, and pruritus, which occurs chiefly during the winter when low humidity in heated rooms causes excessive water loss from the stratum corneum. [Dorland]
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| wing |
anterior or posterior prolongation of the hinge line of a bivalve.
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| withdrawal syndrome |
The physical and psychological symptoms that appear when a person dependent och alchohol or drugs suddenly stops using these agents.
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| WI | not subjected to control or restraint |
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| WI | deviating widely from an intended course |
| WI | located in a dismal or remote area |
| WI | (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud |
| WI | in a state of extreme emotion |
| WI | produced without being planted or without human labor |
| WI | talking or behaving irrationally |
| WI | in a natural state |
| WI | marked by extreme lack of restraint or control |
| WI | in a wild or undomesticated manner |
| WI | in an uncontrolled and rampant manner |
| WI | European herb with compound leaves and white flowers |