| warrin | <zoology> An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolour) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colours. Synonym: blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot. Origin: From a native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| warrior | A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion. "Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. <zoology> " (Milton) Warrior ant, a reddish ant (Formica sanguinea) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants. Origin: OE. Werreour, OF. Werreour, guerreor, from guerre, werre, war. See War, and Warray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warrioress | A female warrior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warsaw | <zoology> The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States. The jewfish. Synonym: guasa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wart | <dermatology, virology> Benign tumour of basal cell of skin, the result of the infection of a single cell with wart virus (Papilloma virus). Virus is undetectable in basal layer, but proliferates in keratinising cells of outer layers. (18 Nov 1997) |
| wart hog | <zoology> Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacochoerus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wart, venereal | The same as a genital wart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| warted | <botany> Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wartenberg | Robert, German neurologist, 1887-1956. See: Wartenberg's symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wartenberg's symptom | Intense pruritus of the tip of the nose and nostrils in cases of cerebral tumour, flexion of the thumb when the patient attempts to flex the four fingers against resistance, a "pyramid sign". (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warthin | Aldred S., U.S. Pathologist, 1866-1931. See: Warthin's tumour, Warthin-Finkeldey cells, Warthin-Starry silver stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warthin's tumour | <oncology, tumour> A benign tumour characterised histologically by tall columnar epithelium within a lymphoid tissue stroma. It is usually found in the salivary glands, especially the parotid. (25 Jun 1999) |
| Warthin-Finkeldey cells | Giant cell's with multiple overlapping nuclei, found in lymphoid tissue in measles, especially during the prodromal stage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Warthin-Starry silver stain | <technique> A stain for spirochetes in which preparations are incubated in 1% silver nitrate solution followed by a developer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wartpox | A mild or abortive form of varioloid, the eruption of which consists mainly of papules, with occasionally minute vesicles at the apices, which persist for a time as wartlike lesions. Synonym: wartpox. (05 Mar 2000) |