| wem | The abdomen; the uterus; the womb. Origin: Cf. Womb. <medicine> An indolent, encysted tumour of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst. Origin: AS. Wenn; akin to D. Wen, LG. Wenne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wen | Old term for pilar cyst. Origin: A.S. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wench | 1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. "Lord and lady, groom and wench." (Chaucer) "That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot." (Chapman) "He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench." (W. Black) 2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet. "She shall be called his wench or his leman." (Chaucer) "It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches." (Spectator) 3. A coloured woman; a negress. Origin: OE. Wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. Wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. Wanchol; perhaps akin to E. Wink. See Wink. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wenckebach block | A form of block in any cardiac tissue (most often the atrioventricular junction) in which there is progressive lengthening of conduction until the beat is dropped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wenckebach period | A sequence of cardiac cycles in the electrocardiogram ending in a dropped beat due to A-V block, the preceding cycles showing progressively lengthening P-R intervals; the P-R interval following the dropped beat is again shortened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wenckebach phenomenon | Progressive lengthening of conduction time in any cardiac tissue (most often the A-V node or junction) with ultimate dropping of a beat (A-V Wenckebach) or reversion to the initial conduction time (as in QRS Wenckebach). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wenckebach, Karel | <person> Dutch internist, 1864-1940. See: Wenckebach block, Wenckebach period, Wenckebach phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wends | <ethnology> A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wenlock group | <geology> The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; so named from the typical locality in Shropshire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wenona | <zoology> A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| went | Course; way; path; journey; direction. "At a turning of a wente." "But here my weary team, nigh overspent, Shall breathe itself awhile after so long a went." (Spenser) "He knew the diverse went of mortal ways." (Spenser) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wenzel's ventricle | A slitlike, fluid-filled space of variable width between the left and right transparent septum, which occurs in less than 10% of human brains and may communicate with the third ventricle. Synonym: cavum septi pellucidi, Duncan's ventricle, fifth ventricle, pseudocele, pseudoventricle, sylvian ventricle, ventricle of Sylvius, ventriculus quintus, Vieussens' ventricle, Wenzel's ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wenzel, Joseph | <person> German anatomist and physiologist, 1768-1808. See: Wenzel's ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wepfer's glands | Small, branched, coiled tubular glands that occur mostly in the submucosa of the first third of the duodenum; they secrete an alkaline mucoid substance that serves to neutralise gastric juice. Synonym: glandulae duodenales, Brunner's glands, Wepfer's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wepfer, Johann | <person> 1620-1695. See: Wepfer's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |