| webbed fingers | Two or more finger's united and enclosed in a common sheath of skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| webbed neck | The broad neck due to lateral folds of skin extending from the clavicle to the head but containing no muscles, bones, or other structures; occurs in Turner's syndrome and in Noonan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| webbed penis | Deficient ventral penile shaft skin which is buried in scrotum or tethered to scrotal midline by a fold or web of skin. The urethra and erectile bodies are usually normal. Synonym: penis palmatus, penoscrotal transposition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| webbed toes | Syndactyly involving the toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| webbing | Congenital condition apparent when adjacent structures are joined by a broad band of tissue not normally present to such a degree. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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's experiment | If the peripheral end of the divided vagus nerve is stimulated the heart is arrested in diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's glands | Muciparous gland's at the border of the tongue on either side posteriorly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's 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) |
| Weber's organ | A minute pouch in the prostate opening on the summit of the seminal colliculus, the analogue of the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts. Synonym: utriculus prostaticus, masculine uterus, Morgagni's sinus, sinus pocularis, uterus masculinus, vagina masculina, vesica prostatica, Weber's organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's point | A point situated 1 cm below the promontory of the sacrum; believed by Weber to represent the centre of gravity of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's sign | <syndrome> Midbrain tegmentum lesion characterised by ipsilateral oculomotor nerve paresis and contralateral paralysis of the extremities, face, and tongue. Synonym: Weber's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's syndrome | <syndrome> Midbrain tegmentum lesion characterised by ipsilateral oculomotor nerve paresis and contralateral paralysis of the extremities, face, and tongue. Synonym: Weber's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's test for hearing | The application of a vibrating tuning fork to one of several points in the midline of the head or face, to ascertain in which ear the sound is heard best by bone conduction, that ear being the affected one if the sound-conducting apparatus (middle ear) is at fault (positive test), but probably the normal one if the neurosensory apparatus is diseased (negative test). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's triangle | On the sole of the foot, an area indicated by the heads of the first and fifth metatarsal bone and the centre of the plantar surface of the heel. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Loss, Weight, Losses, Weight, Reduction, Weight, Reductions, Weight, Weight Losses, Weight Reductions
Synonyms : Perception, Weight, Perceptions, Weight, Weight Perceptions
Synonyms : Loadbearing, Weightbearing, Load Bearing, Weight Bearing
Synonyms : Gravity, Zero
Synonyms : Countermeasure, Weightlessness, Weightlessness Countermeasure
| wet lung |
adult respiratory distress syndrome: acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.
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| wet nurse |
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
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having little physical or spiritual strength; "a weak link" watery: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" unaccented: used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" fallible: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks" deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling" decrepit: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president" faint: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain" deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
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failing: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings" helplessness: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains highly active" the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
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| wean |
gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" detach the affections of
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| WE | impaired by diminution |
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| WE | made weak or weaker |
| WE | that which weakens or causes a loss of strength |
| WE | the act of reducing the strength of something |
| WE | becoming weaker |
| WE | moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker |
| WE | causing debilitation |
| WE | food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out |
| WE | lean flesh of food and game fishes of United States Atlantic coast |
| WE | a person who is physically weak and ineffectual |
| WE | lacking physical strength or vitality |
| WE | in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree |