| Wassermann test |
a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
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| waterfall |
a steep descent of the water of a river
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| wasting |
cachexia: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease atrophy: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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| watch glass |
laboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker crystal: a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
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| water |
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent body of water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" water system: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" urine: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" fill with tears; "His eyes were watering" a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"
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