| Wartenberg | Robert, German neurologist, 1887-1956. See: Wartenberg's symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| warts | Benign epidermal proliferations or tumours; some are viral in origin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| warts, genital | Warts confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals due to viruses belonging to the family of human papilloma viruses (hpvs) transmitted through sexual contact. most infected people have no symptoms but these viruses increase a woman's risk for cancer of the cervix. The virus can also be transmitted from mother to baby during childbirth. HPV infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the united states. It is also the leading cause of abnormal pap smears and pre-cancerous changes of the cervix in women. There is no cure for genital warts virus infection. Once contracted, the virus can stay with a person for life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| wartweed | <botany> Same as Wartwort. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wartwort | <botany> A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warty | 1. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf. 2. Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence. <zoology> Warty egg, a marine univalve shell (Ovulum verrucosum), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| warty horn | A protruding keratotic growth of the skin; the base may show changes of actinic keratosis or carcinoma. Synonym: cornu cutaneum, warty horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| warwickite | <chemical> A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, new York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wase | A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head. Origin: Cf. Sw. Vase a sheaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wall |
A wall is a jump. It's a "wall". Sometimes it's made to look like bricks, and sometimes it isn't.
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| watt |
The unit of power. One watt equals one joule per second, 1/746th horsepower.
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| waste |
1. Unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process. 2. Refuse from places of human or animal habitation.
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| water |
The first full three-year compliance period which begins at least 18 months after promulgation.
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| waste product |
A byproduct (such as urine or feces) that is discharged from a living body.
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| WA | fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine |
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| WA | Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets |
| WA | typically made of apples and celery with nuts or raisins and dressed with mayonnaise |
| WA | thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship |
| WA | a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip) |
| WA | one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| WA | Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943) |
| WA | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls |
| WA | the act of traveling by foot |
| WA | the act of walking somewhere |
| WA | a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground |
| WA | careers in general |