| Weber, Ernst | <person> German physiologist and anatomist, 1795-1878. See: Weber's experiment, Weber's glands, Weber's law, Weber's paradox, Weber's test for hearing, Fechner-Weber law, Weber-Fechner law. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Weber, Frederick Parkes | <person> English physician, 1863-1962. See: Weber-Christian disease, Weber-Cockayne syndrome, Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, Sturge-Kalischer-Weber syndrome, Sturge-Weber disease, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber, Moritz | <person> German anatomist, 1795-1875. See: Weber's organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber, Sir Hermann | <person> English physician, 1823-1918. See: Weber's sign, Weber's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber, Wilhelm | <person> German physicist, 1804-1891. See: Weber's point, Weber's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber-Christian disease | relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis |
| Weber-Cockayne syndrome | <syndrome> This represents a group of rare inherited disorders in which blistering of the skin occurs in response to skin trauma. Large fluid-filled blisters can occur in response to injury, skin rubbing, chafing or even increases in room temperature. Secondary bacterial infection of the blisters is common. Complications include oesophageal stricture, infections, loss of function of hands and feet and malnutrition. The dermatologist is the expert in the evaluation and treatment of this disorder. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Weber-Fechner 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) |
| webeye | <medicine> See Web. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) Previous: Weber's syndrome, Weber's test for hearing, Weber's triangle, Weber, WilhelmNext: web eye, webfoot, webform, web of fingers/toes, webster, websteriteweb eye pterygium |
| webfoot | 1. A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane. 2. <zoology> Any web-footed bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| webform | <zoology> Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding. The most destructive webworms belong to the family Bombycidae, as the fall webworm (Hyphantria textor), which feeds on various fruit and forest trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on various fruit trees (see Tent caterpillar, under Tent) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a geometrid moth, see Vine inchworm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| webster | A weaver; originally, a female weaver. Origin: AS. Webbestre. See Web, Weave, and -ster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Webster's operation | An obsolete operation for retrodisplacement of the uterus, consisting of bringing the round ligaments through the perforated broad ligaments and attaching them to each other and to the back of the uterus. Synonym: Webster's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Webster's test | A test for trinitrotoluene in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Webster, John | <person> English chemist, 1878-1927. See: Webster's test. (05 Mar 2000) |