| white muscle | <anatomy> A rapid or fast-twitch muscle in which pale large "white" fibres predominate; mitochondria and myoglobin are relatively sparse compared with red muscle; involved in phasic contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| white muscle disease | A myodegeneration most frequent in calves and lambs whose dams have been fed during gestation or longer on feeds, especially legumes, grown in certain areas where selenium is either deficient or unavailable in the soil. It has been recorded in many countries. It has been produced experimentally in several species of animals on low-selenium intake. A similar myopathy occurs naturally in goats, deer, foals, and dogs but proof of the aetiology is lacking. (merck veterinary manual, 5th ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| white mustard | The ripe seeds of Brassica (Sinapis) alba; less pungent than black mustard, but with the same constituents and uses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white piedra | <microbiology> A fungal infection (tinea albigena) caused by the yeast Trichosporon beigelii that forms light-coloured nodules on the beard and mustache. (13 Nov 1997) |
| white pine | The dried inner bark of Pinus strobus, used as an ingredient in cough syrups. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white pitch | A resinous exudation from the spruce fir or Norway spruce, Picea excelsa; has been used as a counterirritant in the form of a plaster. Synonym: white pitch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white pulp | That part of the spleen that consists of nodules and other lymphatic concentrations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white pupillary reflex | Reflection from a white mass within the eye giving the appearance of a white pupil. Synonym: leukokoria, white pupillary reflex. Origin: Leuko-white, + G. Kore, pupil (05 Mar 2000) |
| white rami communicantes | Short nerves arising from the initial portion of the ventral primary rami of the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal nerves through which all presynaptic sympathetic nerve fibres must pass to reach the sympathetic trunks; also conveyed by the white rami communicans are visceral afferent (sensory) fibres which were conveyed to the sympathetic trunks in splanchnic nerves. Most fibres conveyed by the white rami communicantes are myelinated. Synonym: rami communicantes nervorum spinalium, communicating branches of spinal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white reaction | The response seen in many individuals after the skin is lightly stroked with a blunt instrument; it is attributed to capillary action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white soft paraffin | white petrolatum |
| white sponge nevus | An autosomal dominant condition of the oral cavity characterised by soft, white or opalescent, thickened and corrugated folds of mucous membrane; other mucosal sites are occasionally involved simultaneously. Synonym: familial white folded dysplasia, oral epithelial nevus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white spot | Gray-white or white, rounded or irregularly shaped, slightly opaque patches or spots that are sometimes observed postmortem in the epicardium, especially in middle-aged or older persons; they result from fibrous thickening, and sometimes hyalinization, of the epicardium; similar lesions may also occur in the visceral layer of the peritoneum. Synonym: macula lactea, macula tendinea, tache blanche, tache laiteuse, tendinous spot, white spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white spot disease | Small discrete, white, waxy, indurated lesions due to localised degenerative changes in the fibrous tissue. Synonym: white spot disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white substance | <anatomy> Brain tissue composed of myelin-coated nerve cell fibres. White matter carries information between the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The inner portion of the cerebrum is composed of white matter. See: grey matter. (13 Nov 1997) |
| white muscle |
the paler-colored muscle tissue of some mammals, composed of fast twitch muscle fibers. Called also fast m. Cf. red m.
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| Whitehead's operation |
treatment of hemorrhoids by excision.
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The Brown Rat or Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) is one of the most well-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. Thought to have originated in northern China, this rodent has now spread to all continents and is the dominant rat in Europe and much of North America. It is a common pest wherever humans live, particularly in urban areas and degraded environments. It is also an important model organism in biological research, as well as a common pet. ...
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White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ...
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| white | Australian writer (1912-1990) |
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| white | Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings |
| white | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
| white | shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers |
| white | tree of western United States |
| white | a White Protestant of Anglo-Saxon ancestry |
| white | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
| white | spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood |
| white | small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips |
| white | a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States |
| white | North American white-flowered avens |
| white | avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers |