| NADA | New Animal Drug Application |
|---|---|
| NDA | National Dental Association; New Drug Application; no data available; no detectable activity; no det... |
| PLA | peripheral laser angioplasty; phenyl lactate; phospholipase A; phospholipid antibody; placebo therap... |
| RAS | rapid atrial stimulation; recurrent aphthous stomatitis; reflex activating stimulus; reliability, av... |
| Rf | in paper or thin-layer chromatography, the distance that a spot of a substance has moved from the po... |
| WDS | Wet Dog Shakes |
|---|---|
| W:D | Wet to dry |
| %w/w | wet weight |
| W/D | wet-dry weight ratio |
| wet pleurisy | Pleurisy accompanied by serous exudation. Synonym: serous pleurisy, wet pleurisy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| wet shock | A severe condition that occurs when the level of blood glucose (sugar) drops quickly. The signs are shaking, sweating, dizziness, double vision, convulsions, and collapse. Insulin shock may occur when an insulin reaction is not treated quickly enough. See: hypoglycaemia. (09 Oct 1997) |
| wet weight | <botany> Weight of plants after the outer surface covering of water has been removed. Wet weight is not a reliable measurement since methods to prepare plants prior to weighing vary considerably. (09 Oct 1997) |
| wet woodland | <ecology> A wooded area having surface water some of the time, for intermittent short periods. (09 Oct 1997) |