| Wrisberg's nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Arises from the medial cord of the brachial plexus, unites in the axilla with the lateral cutaneous branch of the second intercostal nerve, and supplies the skin of the medial side of the arm. Synonym: nervus cutaneus brachii medialis, lesser internal cutaneous nerve, medial cutaneous nerve of arm, Wrisberg's nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Wrisberg's tubercle | A rounded eminence on the posterior part of the aryepiglottic fold, formed by the underlying cuneiform cartilage. Synonym: tuberculum cuneiforme, Wrisberg's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wrisberg, Heinrich | <person> German anatomist and gynecologist, 1739-1808. See: Wrisberg's cartilage, Wrisberg's ganglia, Wrisberg's ligament, Wrisberg's nerve, Wrisberg's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist | 1. <anatomy> The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. "He took me by the wrist, and held me hard." (Shak) 2. <machinery> A stud or pin which forms a journal; also called wrist pin. Bridle wrist, the wrist of the left hand, in which a horseman holds the bridle. Wrist clonus. [NL. Clonus, fr. Gr. See Clonic. <medicine> A swinging plate bearing two or more wrists, for operating the valves. Origin: OE. Wriste, wrist, AS. Wrist; akin to OFries. Wriust, LG. Wrist, G. Rist wrist, instep, Icel. Rist instep, Dan. & Sw. Vrist, and perhaps to E. Writhe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wrist clonus | Rhythmical contractions and relaxations of the muscles of the forearm excited by a forcible passive extension of the hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist clonus reflex | Sudden extension of the wrist induces a sustained clonic movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist dislocation | <radiology> 10% of all carpal injuries due to fall on outstretched hand, perilunate dislocation (more common), lunate dislocation (12 Dec 1998) |
| wrist fractures | <radiology> Colles fracture distal radius DORSAL angulation of distal fragment, Smith fracture distal radius (reverse Colles) volar angulation of distal fragment, Barton intra-articular fracture through DORSAL aspect of radius ventral Barton: through VENTRAL aspect, chauffeur's fracture of radial styloid (intra-articular) (12 Dec 1998) |
| wrist injuries | Injuries to the wrist or the wrist joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| wrist joint | The synovial joint between the distal end of the radius and its articular disk and the proximal row of carpal bones with the exception of the pisiform bone. Synonym: articulatio radiocarpea, carpal articulation, carpal joints, radiocarpal articulation, radiocarpal joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist sign | <clinical sign> In Marfan's syndrome, when the wrist is gripped with the opposite hand, the thumb and fifth finger overlap appreciably. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist-drop | Paralysis of the extensors of the wrist and fingers; most often caused by lesion of the radial nerve. Synonym: carpoptosis, carpoptosia, drop hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| write | 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. "Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves." (Shak) "I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved." (Prior) 3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. "I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living." (Macaulay) 4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively. "He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine." (Milton) To write to, to communicate by a written document to. Written laws, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under Law, and Common law. Origin: OE. Writen, AS. Writan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. Writan to write, to tear, to wound, D. Rijten to tear, to rend, G. Reissen, OHG. Rizan, Icel. Rita to write, Goth. Writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. Race tribe, lineage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| writer | 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. "They [came] that handle the pen of the writer." (Judg. V. 14) "My tongue is the pen of a ready writer." (Ps. Xlv. 1) 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. "This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile." (Shak) 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. Writer of the tallies, a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy. Writer to the signet. See Signet. Origin: AS. Writere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| writer's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |