| Wernicke's encephalopathy |
a neurological disorder characterized by confusion, apathy, drowsiness, ataxia of gait, nystagmus, and ophthalmoplegia. It was first described by Wernicke in 1881 and is now known to be due to thiamine deficiency, usually from chronic alcohol abuse. It is almost invariably accompanied by or followed by Korsakoff's syndrome (organic amnesia) and frequently accompanied by other nutritional polyneuropathies. Called also Wernicke's disease or syndrome. ...
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| West Nile virus |
a virus of the genus Flavivirus antigenically closely related to Murray Valley virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, and Japanese encephalitis virus, that causes West Nile encephalitis; it is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, with wild birds serving as the reservoir and occurs widely in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and has recently been reported in the United States.
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| wet colostomy |
colostomy in (a) the right half of the colon, the drainage from which is liquid in character, or (b) the left half of the colon following anastomosis of the ureters to the sigmoid or descending colon so that urine is also expelled through the same stoma.
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| wet pack |
wet-sheet pack, wet blankets or sheets, hot or cold, for wrapping an extremity or the entire body.
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| webbed penis |
a penis that is enclosed by the skin of the scrotum; called also p. palmatus.
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