| WC | ward clerk; water closet; Weber-Christian [syndrome]; wheel chair; white cell; white cell casts; whi... |
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| snout | 1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine. 2. The nose of a man; in contempt. 3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. 4. <zoology> The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; called also rostrum. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. <zoology> Snout beetle, any pyralid moth. See Pyralid. Origin: OE. Snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. Snute, D. Snuit, G. Schnauze, Sw. Snut, snyte, Dan. Snude, Icel. Snta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. Snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| snout reflex | Pouting or pursing of the lips induced by light tapping of closed lips near the midline; seen in defective pyramidal innervation of facial musculature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory cramp | <neurology> A wry neck, a contracted state of the cervical muscles, producing twisting of the neck and an unnatural position of the head. Origin: L. Tortus = twisted, collum = neck (18 Nov 1997) |
| violinist's cramp | A occupational dystonia affecting the digits of the fingering hand, or sometimes the bowing arm, in violin players. (05 Mar 2000) |
| golfer's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs when playing golf. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and writer's's cramp. Golfer's cramp provides a reason to switch to tennis (and get tennis elbow). (12 Dec 1998) |
| waiter's cramp | An occupational dystonia characterised by spasm of the muscles of the back and dominant arm in persons who wait tables. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pianist's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs when playing the piano (or another keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord). Similar focal dystonias have also been called writer's cramp, typist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| watchmaker's cramp | An occupational dystonia characterised by spasm of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle from holding the lens to the eye and spasm of the muscles of the hand from performing the delicate movements of watch repairing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wordprocessor's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during typing or wordprocessing. Similar focal dystonias have also been called writer's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| writer's cramp | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| musician's cramp | An occupational dystonia, affecting those who play on musical instruments, and named usually according to the instrument played upon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cramp | 1. A painful muscle spasm caused by prolonged tetanic contraction. 2. A localised muscle spasm related to occupational use, qualified according to the occupation of the sufferer; e.g., seamstress's cramp, writer's cramp. Origin: M.E. Crampe, fr. O. Fr., fr. Germanic (05 Mar 2000) |
| cramp,writer's | A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting. Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, and golfer's cramp. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heat cramp | A form of heat illness that results from profuse sweating and loss of body salts (sodium). Heat cramps are manifest by painful spasms of abdominal and skeletal muscles. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Scotch cramp | A simple autosomal recessive trait in Scottish terrier dogs, characterised by arching of the back and a stiff-legged gait due to overflexed hindlimbs and abducted forelimbs. Synonym: Scotch cramp. (05 Mar 2000) |
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