| whole-body counting | Measurement of radioactivity in the entire human body. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| whole-body irradiation | Irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. It is applicable to humans or animals but not to microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| whole-body titration curve | A graphic representation of the in vivo changes in hydrogen ion, PaCO2, and bicarbonate which occur in arterial blood in response to primary acid-base disturbances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whole-tree harvesting | A harvesting method in which the whole tree (above the stump) is removed. (05 Dec 1998) |
| wholesome | 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. "Wholesome thirst and appetite." (Milton) "From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food." (A Smith) 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life." (Prov. Xv. 4) "I can not . . . Make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased." (Shak) "A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained." (Sir W. Scott) 3. Sound; healthy. Whole"somely, Whole"someness. Origin: Whole + some; cf. Icel. Heilsamr, G. Heilsam, D. Heilzaam. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whoop | 1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. "Each whooping with a merry shout." (Wordsworth) "When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl." (W. Browne) 2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. Origin: OE. Houpen. See Hoop. 1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. "A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos." (Addison) "The whoop of the crane." (Longfellow) 2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. <zoology> The hoopoe. See: Hoopoe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whooper | One who, or that which, whooops. Woopher swan. <zoology> See the Note under Swan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whooping | <medicine> From Whoop, Whooping cough, the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whooping cough | <paediatrics> A bacterial infection that has become quite rare due to effective and widespread vaccination programs (DPT vaccine). Only about 4, 500 cases are reported annually in the U.S. Can present as a mild or severe illness. Symptoms include runny nose, low-grade fever, conjunctivitis and a characteristic cough. Coughing spells end in a whoop caused by the forceful inspiration of air. (13 Nov 1997) |
| whooping-cough vaccine | See: diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whop | To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth. Origin: Cf. OE. Quappen to palpitate, E. Quob, quaver, wabble, awhape, wap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whore | 1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness. 2. To worship false and impure gods. Origin: Cf. Icel. Hra. See Whore. A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Synonym: Harlot, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet. Origin: OE. Hore, AS. Hre; akin to D. Hoer, hoere, G. Hure, OHG. Huora, huorra, Icel. Hra, Dan. Hore, Sw. Hora, Goth. Hrs an adulterer, AS. Hr adultery, OHG. Huor, and probably to L. Carus dear. Cf. Charity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whoredom | 1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness. 2. The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. "O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . Turn unto their God." (Hos. V. 3, 4) Origin: OE. Hordom; cf. Icel. Hrdmr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| whorl | <botany> A ring of leaves, bracts or floral parts borne at the same level on a main stem. (13 Nov 1997) |
| whorled | Marked by or arranged in whorls. See: vorticose, turbinate, convoluted, verticillate. (05 Mar 2000) |