| wk | weak; week; work |
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| WOWS | weak opiate withdrawal scale |
| WR | Wassermann reaction; water retention; weakly reactive; weak response; whole response; wiping reactio... |
| BD | barbital-dependent; barbiturate dependence; base deficit; base of prism down; basophilic degeneratio... |
| BE | 1) Bacterial Endocarditis 2) Base Excess 3) Below the Elbo... |
| W | weak |
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| kb | 4.0-kilo base |
| bp | 1,000-base-pair |
| ABB | Acid base balance |
| BE | Base Excess |
stabilized occlusion
| weak | 1. Wanting physical strength. Specifically: Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. "A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man." (Shak) "Weak with hunger, mad with love." (Dryden) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant. Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. "A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish." (Ascham) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. 2. Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. "To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper." (Beattie) "Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods." (Waterland) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. "If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse." (Milton) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering. "Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations." (Rom. Xiv. 1) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue. "Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails." (Addison) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. "Convinced of his weak arguing." "A case so weak . . . Hath much persisted in." (Hooker) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. "Weak prayers." Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state. "I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong." (Shak) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. 3. Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 . Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc, the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 . Weak is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, weak-eyed, weak-handed, weak-hearted, weak-minded, weak-spirited, and the like. <medicine> Weak conjugation, a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations. Origin: OE. Weik, Icel. Veikr; akin to Sw. Vek, Dan. Veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. Wac weak, soft, pliant, D. Week, G. Weich, OHG. Weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. Vikja to turn, veer, recede, AS. Wican to yield, give way, G. Weichen, OHG. Wihhan, akin to Skr. Vij, and probably to E. Week, L. Vicis a change, turn, Gr. To yield, give way. 132. Cf. Week, Wink, Vicissitude. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| weak-hearted | Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted. "Weak-hearted enemies." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| weak-minded | Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. Weak"-mindedness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acid-base balance | The normal balance between acid and base in the blood plasma, expressed in the hydrogen ion concentration or pH, resulting from the relative amounts of acidic and basic materials ingested and produced by body metabolism, compared to the relative amounts of acidic and basic materials excreted from the body and consumed by body metabolism; the normal state of acid-base balance is not one of neutrality, with equal concentrations of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, but a more alkaline state with a certain excess of hydroxyl ions. Synonym: acid-base equilibrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid-base equilibrium | A condition in which the net rate of acid or alkali production by the body is balanced by the net rate of acid or alkali excretion from the body, resulting in a stable concentration of hydrogen ions in the body fluids. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acid-base imbalance | Disturbances in the acid-base equilibrium of the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acrylic resin base | A form made of acrylic resin molded to conform to the tissues of the alveolar process and used to support the teeth of a prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aldehyde base | An obsolete term for an imide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cranial base | The portion of the internal base of the skull, anterior to the sphenoidal ridges and limbus, in which the frontal lobes of the brain rest. Synonym: fossa cranii anterior, anterior cranial base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bandrowski's base | <chemical> Reported cause of anaphylactic reaction. Synonym: n',n'-bis(4-aminophenyl)-2,5-diamino-1,4-quinonediimine (26 Jun 1999) |
| base | <chemistry> The nonacid part of a salt, a substance that combines with acids to form salts, a substance that dissociates to give hydroxide ions in aqueous solutions, a substance whose molecule or ion can combine with a proton (hydrogen ion), a substance capable of donating a pair of electrons (to an acid) for the formation of a coordinate covalent bond. (13 Nov 1997) |
| base analogue | <biochemistry> A chemical which resembles a nucleotide base. They can substitute the Purine and pyrimidine bases that normally appear in DNA, despite minor differences in structure. May be used for inducing mutations, including point mutations. For example: 5 bromouracil can replace thymine or 2 aminopurine replace adenine. (13 Nov 1997) |
| base composition | <biochemistry> In reference to nucleic acid, the proportion of the total bases consisting of guanine plus cytosine or thymine plus adenine base pairs. Usually expressed as a guanine + cytosine (G+C) value, for example 60% G+C. (09 Oct 1997) |
| base deficit | A decrease in the total concentration of blood buffer base, indicative of metabolic acidosis or compensated respiratory alkalosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| base dissociation constant | <chemistry> This is the equilibrium constant for the reaction in which a weak base breaks apart in water to form its conjugate acid and hydroxide ion. (09 Oct 1997) |
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