| wireworm | <zoology> One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Synonym: wire grub. A galleyworm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wiring | Fastening together the ends of a broken bone by wire sutures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wirsung's canal | The excretory duct of the pancreas that extends through the gland from tail to head where it empties into the duodenum at the greater duodenal papilla. Synonym: ductus pancreaticus, Hoffmann's duct, Wirsung's canal, Wirsung's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wirsung's duct | The excretory duct of the pancreas that extends through the gland from tail to head where it empties into the duodenum at the greater duodenal papilla. Synonym: ductus pancreaticus, Hoffmann's duct, Wirsung's canal, Wirsung's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wirsung, Johann | <person> German anatomist in Padua, 1600-1643. See: Wirsung's canal, Wirsung's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wiry | Resembling or having the feel of a wire; filiform and hard; denoting a variety of pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wiry pulse | A small, fine, incompressible pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wis1 protein kinase | <enzyme> A map kinase kinase homolog; has homology to the serine-threonine family of protein kinases; genbank u81521 Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: wis1 gene product, wik1 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| Wis4 protein kinase | <enzyme> A map kinase kinase kinase (mapkkk); phosphorylates wis1; genbank y07750 Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: wis4 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| wisdom tooth | <dentistry> Another name for the third molar. (08 Jan 1998) |
| wise | 1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned. "They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge." (Jer. Iv. 22) 2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious. "When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks." (Shak) "From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation." (2 Tim. Iii. 15) 3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination. "Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford?" (Shak) 4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. "Thou art . . . No novice, but a governor wily and wise." "Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that's my slave, my idol." (Beau. & Fl) "Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet." (Ford) 5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." To make it wise, to make it a matter of deliberation. " We thought it was not worth to make it wise." . Wise in years, old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. "A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth." (Ford) "You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience." (Ford) Origin: OE. Wis, AS. Wis; akin to OS. & OFries. Wis, D. Wijs, G. Weise, OHG. Wis, wisi, Icel. Viss, Sw. Vis, Dan. Viis, Goth. Weis; akin to wit, v. I. See Wit, and cf. Righteous, Wisdom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wise-hearted | Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wishtonwish | <zoology> The prairie dog. Origin: Probably of American Indian origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wiskott, Arthur | <person> 20th century German paediatrician. See: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome | <haematology, syndrome> An sex-linked genetic disorder occurring in male children that is characterised by thrombocytopenia, eczema, melena and susceptibility to bacterial infections due to severe immunodeficiency (both cell-mediated and IgM production). Associated with increased incidence of leukaemia. Inheritance: sex-linked (X chromosome). (06 Oct 1997) |