| SWG | silkworm gut; standard wire gauge |
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| CAP | Cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin(Doxorubicin), cis-Platinum |
| PEV | cis-Platinum, Etoposide, Vinblastine |
| CISCAIIBIV | Cytoxan, Adriamycin, platinum, vinblastine, bleomycin |
| CPDD | calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease; cis-platinum-diamine dichloride |
| wire-tailed | <zoology> Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wrought wire | A wire formed by drawing a cast structure through a die into a desired shape and size; used in dentistry for partial denture clasps and orthodontic appliances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cramer wire splint | A flexible splint consisting of two stout parallel wires with finer cross wires. Synonym: Cramer wire splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| separating wire | A wire, usually of soft brass, used to gain separation between teeth. See: separation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kirschner's wire | An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligature wire | A soft thin wire of stainless steel used in dentistry to tie an archwire to band attachments or brackets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| light wire appliance | An orthodontic appliance utilizing small gauge labial wires with expansion and contraction loops formed into it and attached to bands fitted to individual teeth; sometimes called Begg light wire differential force technique. (05 Mar 2000) |