| WNE | West Nile encephalitis |
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| WNV | West Nile virus |
| WS | Waardenburg syndrome; ward secretary; Warkany syndrome; Warthin-Starry [stain]; water soluble; water... |
| WOSCOPS | West Of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study |
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| WS | West Syndrome |
| cerebral lacuna | A small circumscribed loss of brain tissue caused by occlusion of one of the small penetrating arteries. Synonym: lacuna cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Morgagni's lacuna | One of a number of little recesses in the mucous membrane of the spongy urethra into which empty the ducts of the urethral glands. Synonym: lacuna urethralis, Morgagni's lacuna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular lacuna | The lateral compartment beneath the inguinal (Poupart's) ligament, for the passage of the iliopsoas muscle and femoral nerve; it is separated by the iliopectineal arch from the vascular lacuna. Synonym: lacuna musculorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intervillous lacuna | One of the blood spaces in the placenta into which the chorionic villi project. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osseous lacuna | A cavity in bony tissue occupied by an osteocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trophoblastic lacuna | One of the spaces in the early syncytiotrophoblastic layer of the chorion before the formation of villi; in human embryos maternal blood enters these spaces by the 10th day; with the differentiation of the chorionic villi they become intervillous spaces, sometimes called intervillous lacunae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral lacuna | One of a number of little recesses in the mucous membrane of the spongy urethra into which empty the ducts of the urethral glands. Synonym: lacuna urethralis, Morgagni's lacuna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacuna | Small cavity or depression, for example: the space in bone where an osteoblast is found. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lacuna cerebri | A small circumscribed loss of brain tissue caused by occlusion of one of the small penetrating arteries. Synonym: lacuna cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacuna magna | A recess on the roof of the fossa navicularis of the penis, formed by a fold of mucous membrane, the valve of the navicular fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacuna musculorum | The lateral compartment beneath the inguinal (Poupart's) ligament, for the passage of the iliopsoas muscle and femoral nerve; it is separated by the iliopectineal arch from the vascular lacuna. Synonym: lacuna musculorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacuna pharyngis | A depression near the pharyngeal opening of the auditory (eustachian) tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacuna urethralis | One of a number of little recesses in the mucous membrane of the spongy urethra into which empty the ducts of the urethral glands. Synonym: lacuna urethralis, Morgagni's lacuna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacuna vasorum | <anatomy> The medial compartment beneath the inguinal ligament, for the passage to the femoral vessels; it is separated from the muscular lacuna by the iliopectineal arch. Synonym: lacuna vasorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal skull fracture | <orthopaedics> A fracture involving the base of the cranium. This fracture is often difficult to detect clinically. Findings may include raccoon eyes, Battle's sign, haemotympanum and cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea. Plain skull X-ray will often not reveal the basal skull fracture, making a CT scan or MRI the most reliable diagnostic investigation. (15 Nov 1997) |