| SACH foot | Solid-Ankle Cushion Heel foot |
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| AFO | ankle/foot orthotic [brace or cast]; ankle-foot orthosis |
| wk | weak; week; work |
| WOWS | weak opiate withdrawal scale |
| WR | Wassermann reaction; water retention; weakly reactive; weak response; whole response; wiping reactio... |
| W | weak |
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| AFOs | Ankle-foot orthoses |
| COP | Center of foot pressure |
| FMD | Foot and Mouth Disease |
| FMDV | Foot and Mouth Disease Virus |
| 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) |
| abductor digiti minimi muscle of foot | Origin, lateral and medial processes of calcanean tuberosity; insertion, lateral side of proximal phalanx of fifth toe; action, abducts and flexes little toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar nerve. Synonym: musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis, abductor muscle of little toe, musculus abductor digiti quinti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory flexor muscle of foot | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, by two heads from the lateral and medial borders of the inferior surface of the calcaneus; insertion, tendons of flexor digitorum longus; action, assists long flexor; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor accessorius, musculus quadratus plantae, accessory flexor muscle of foot, caro quadrata sylvii, musculus pronator pedis, plantar quadrate muscle, quadrate muscle of sole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ankle-foot orthosis | A brace (usually plastic) worn on the lower leg and foot to support the ankle, hold the foot and ankle in the correct position, and correct foot drop. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arches of the foot | See: longitudinal arch of foot, plantar arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articulations of foot | Joints including the talocrural, intertarsal, tarsometatarsal, intermetatarsal, metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal joints. Synonym: articulationes pedis, articulations of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| athlete's foot | <dermatology> A fungal infection of the feet treatable with nonprescription medications. Symptoms include: a red itchy rash with flaking or peeling. (27 Sep 1997) |
| back of foot reflex | The foot being firmly supported on its inner side, a sharp tap on the dorsal tendons causes extension of the second to the fifth toes. Synonym: back of foot reflex, dorsum of foot reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ballerina-foot pattern | A vigorous posteromedial contraction of the left ventricle coupled with convexity anteriorly sometimes resulting from poor contraction of the opposing anterior wall; it is the most frequent dyssynergy observed in the prolapsed mitral valve leaflet syndrome (even with a normal anterior wall) and produces a configuration of angiographic dye in the right anterior oblique projection resembling a ballerina's foot; sometimes called dancer's foot malformation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ball of the foot | The padded portion of the sole, at the anterior extremity of the heads of the metatarsals, upon which the weight rests when the heel is raised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bear's-foot | <botany> A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bird's-foot | <botany> A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. <botany> A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. Corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. The related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burning foot syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder observed in prisoners-of-war in World War II, now believed to be due to a pantothenate deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
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