| WA | when awake; white adult; Wiskott-Aldrich [syndrome] |
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| WAF | weakness, atrophy and fasciculation; white adult female |
| WAM | white adult male; worksheet for ambulatory medicine |
| WCC | Walker carcinosarcoma cells; white cell count |
| WCS | white clot syndrome; Wisconsin Card Sort [test] |
| 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) |
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| white thrombus | A thrombus of opaque dull white colour composed essentially of blood platelets. Synonym: pale thrombus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white turpentine | Turpentine from Pinus palustris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white-water | <veterinary> A dangerous disease of sheep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white wax | Yellow wax bleached by being rolled very thin and exposed to the light and air, or bleached by chemical oxidants; same uses as yellow wax. Synonym: bleached wax, white beeswax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white yolk | Yolk consisting of much finer particles than those of yellow yolk; thin layers of it lie between the zones of yellow yolk and form the latebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wolff-parkinson-white syndrome | <syndrome> A form of pre-excitation characterised by a short pr interval and a long qrs interval with a delta wave. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Wolf Parkinson White syndrome | <cardiology, syndrome> Abnormal cardiac conduction that occurs by way of an accessory pathway between the atria and the ventricles. Baseline ECG will typically show a short P-R interval and a slurred upstroke of the QRS (delta wave). Tachyarrhythmias are common. (27 Sep 1997) |
| posterior white column of the spinal cord | The large wedge-shaped fibre bundle lying between the posterior gray column and the posterior median septum, and composed largely of dorsal root fibres. Synonym: funiculus posterior, dorsal funiculus, funiculus dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Potter, Irving White | <person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1868-1956. See: Potter's version. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schwann's white substance | <anatomy> The substance of the medullary sheath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sclerosis of white matter | <radiology> Type of dysmyelinating disease, hereditary, peripheral nervous system unaffected in some disorders Specific diseases: adrenoleukodystrophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy, spongy degeneration (Canavan), globoid cell (Krabbe) leukodystrophy, Alexander disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Cockayne syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hilton's white line | A bluish pink, narrow, wavy zone in the mucosa of the anal canal below the pectinate line at the level of the interval between the subcutaneous part of the external sphincter and the lower border of the internal sphincter, said to be palpable. Synonym: Hilton's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sergent's white line | A pale streak appearing within 30 to 60 seconds after stroking the skin with a fingernail, and lasting for several minutes; regarded as a sign of diminished arterial tension. Synonym: Sergent's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nicolle's white mycetoma | Mycetoma caused by a species of Aspergillus, and producing relatively large granules, about the size of a pea; infection occurs from barley grain. (05 Mar 2000) |