| 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... |
| ACD | 1) Absolute Cardiac Dullness; Àý´ë½ÉµÐŹÀ½ 2) Anemia of Chronic Disease &nbs... |
| SCMCT | Sperm Cervical Mucus Contact Test |
| W | weak |
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| ACD | Allergic contact dermatitis |
| CL | Contact Lens |
| CD | Contact dermatitis |
| CH | Contact hypersensitivity |
| 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) |
| allergic contact dermatitis | A delayed type IV allergic reaction of the skin with varying degrees of erythema, oedema, and vesiculation resulting from cutaneous contact with a specific allergen. Synonym: contact allergy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| balancing contact | The contact's between upper and lower dentures on the balancing or mediotrusive side for the purpose of stabilizing the dentures, the contact's between upper and lower dentures at the opposite side from the working or laterotrusive side (anteroposteriorly or laterally) for the purpose of stabilizing the dentures, the contact's between upper and lower natural or artificial teeth at the opposite side from the working or laterotrusive side. Synonym: balancing occlusal surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centric contact | The relation of opposing occlusal surfaces which provides the maximum planned contact and/or intercuspation, the occlusion of the teeth when the mandible is in centric relation to the maxillae. Synonym: centric contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microradiography, contact | <microscopy> A method of making micrographs by means of X-rays. The specimen is placed close to a fine-grained photographic emulsion at some distance from the X-ray source. The X rays pass through the specimen and the differential absorption and the scattering of the radiation is recorded by the emulsion. The resulting negative is examined and photographed through a light microscope. (05 Aug 1998) |
| close contact infection | <epidemiology> An infection which requires close contact, other than sexual contact, between susceptible and infectious individuals, for transmission. (05 Dec 1998) |
| contact | A mutual touching of two bodies or persons. Origin: L. Contactus = a touching together (18 Nov 1997) |
| contact allergy | A delayed type IV allergic reaction of the skin with varying degrees of erythema, oedema, and vesiculation resulting from cutaneous contact with a specific allergen. Synonym: contact allergy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact area | That part of the proximal surface of a tooth which touches the adjacent tooth mesially or distally. Synonym: contact point, point of proximal contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact ceptor | A nerve ceptor in the surface layer of skin or mucous membrane by means of which impulses contributed by direct physical impact are received. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact cheilitis | Inflammation of the lips resulting from contact with a primary irritant or specific allergen, including ingredients of lipsticks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contact dermatitis | <pathology> A type of immune-mediated inflammatory skin rash that results from an allergy to a particular substance (for example jewelry dermatitis, poison ivy, neomycin ointment, etc.). (27 Sep 1997) |
| contact following | Behaviour shown by individual slime mould cells when they join a stream moving towards the aggregating centre. Contact sites A at front and rear of cell may be involved in Dictyostelium. (18 Nov 1997) |
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