| ROW | Rendu-Osler-Weber [syndrome]; rest of the world |
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| SW | seriously wounded; short waves; sinewave; slow wave; soap and water; social worker; spike wave; spir... |
| SWS | slow-wave sleep; spike-wave stupor; steroid-wasting syndrome; Sturge-Weber syndrome |
| WASP | Weber Advanced Spatial Perception [test] |
| Wb | weber; well-being |
| Siemens, Hermann Werner | <person> German dermatologist, 1891-1969. See: Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Nothnagel, C W Hermann | <person> Austrian physician, 1841-1905. See: Nothnagel's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Deetjen, Hermann | <person> German physician, 1867-1915. See: Deetjen's bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Durck, Hermann | <person> German pathologist, 1869-1941. See: Durck's nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Oppenheim, Hermann | <person> Berlin neurologist, 1858-1919. See: Oppenheim's disease, Oppenheim's reflex, Oppenheim's syndrome, Ziehen-Oppenheim disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ebbinghaus, Hermann | <person> German, 1850-1909. See: Ebbinghaus test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eichhorst, Hermann | <person> Swiss physician, 1849-1921. See: Eichhorst's corpuscles, Eichhorst's neuritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kilian, Hermann | <person> German gynecologist, 1800-1863. See: Kilian's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fehling, Hermann von | <person> German chemist, 1812-1885. See: Fehling's reagent, Fehling's solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome | <gastroenterology> An inherited disease characterised by thin blood vessel walls in the nose, skin and gastrointestinal tract. This condition ins associated with a high risk of bleeding complications. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| weber | <physics> The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Ampre. Origin: From the name of Professor Weber, a German electrician. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Weber-Christian disease | relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis |
| Weber-Cockayne syndrome | <syndrome> This represents a group of rare inherited disorders in which blistering of the skin occurs in response to skin trauma. Large fluid-filled blisters can occur in response to injury, skin rubbing, chafing or even increases in room temperature. Secondary bacterial infection of the blisters is common. Complications include oesophageal stricture, infections, loss of function of hands and feet and malnutrition. The dermatologist is the expert in the evaluation and treatment of this disorder. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Weber, Ernst | <person> German physiologist and anatomist, 1795-1878. See: Weber's experiment, Weber's glands, Weber's law, Weber's paradox, Weber's test for hearing, Fechner-Weber law, Weber-Fechner law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber-Fechner law | The intensity of a sensation varies by a series of equal increments (arithmetically) as the strength of the stimulus is increased geometrically; if a series of stimuli is applied and so adjusted in strength that each stimulus causes a just perceptible change in intensity of the sensation, then the strength of each stimulus differs from the preceding one by a constant fraction; thus, if a just perceptible change in a visual sensation is produced by the addition of 1 candle to an original illumination of 100 candles, 10 candles will be required to produce any change in sensation when the original illumination was one of 1000 candles. Synonym: Fechner-Weber law, Weber's law. (05 Mar 2000) |