| PCW | pericanalicular web; personal care worker; primary capillary wedge; pulmonary capillary wedge; purif... |
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| PCWP | Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure |
| PWP | Pulmonary Wedge Pressure |
| HVWP | hepatic vein wedge pressure |
| HWP | hepatic wedge pressure; hot wet pack |
| EDW | Enhanced Dynamic Wedge |
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| PCW | Pulmonary Capillary Wedge |
| PCWP | Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure |
| PWP | Pulmonary Wedge Pressure |
| PAWP | Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure |
| wedge | 1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. "My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain." 2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven. "Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more." (Shak) "He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth." (Mrs. J. H. Ewing) 3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way. 4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something. "Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast." (Dryden) 5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place. 6. To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. Origin: Wedged; Wedging. 1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc, in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. 2. <geometry> A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. 3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form. "Wedges of gold." 4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form. "In warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings." (Milton) 5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828. Fox wedge. <geometry> The portion of a sphere included between two planes which intersect in a diameter. Origin: OE. Wegge, AS. Wecg; akin to D. Wig, wigge, OHG. Wecki, G. Weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. Veggr, Dan. Vaegge, Sw. Vigg, and probably to Lith. Vagis a peg. Cf. Wigg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wedge biopsy | Excision of a cuneiform specimen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge bone | See: intermediate cuneiform bone, lateral cuneiform bone, medial cuneiform bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge pressure | The intravascular pressure reading obtained when a fine catheter is advanced until it completely occludes a small blood vessel or is sealed in place by inflation of a small cuff; commonly measured in the lung to estimate left atrial pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge resection | Removal of a wedge-shaped portion of the ovary; used in the treatment of virilizing disorders of ovarian origin, such as the polycystic ovarian syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge spirometer | A waterless spirometer constructed of two large rectangular plates with edges connected by accordion-pleated rubber so that large changes in volume are accommodated by small changes in the acute angle of the wedge-shaped interior, sensed by an electrical transducer; designed for rapid response by reducing the acceleration of the moving parts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-and-groove joint | A form of fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received in a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Synonym: schindylesis, schindyletic joint, wedge-and-groove suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-and-groove suture | A form of fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received in a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Synonym: schindylesis, schindyletic joint, wedge-and-groove suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-shaped | 1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform. 2. <botany> Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wedge-shaped fasciculus | The larger lateral subdivision of the posterior funiculus. Synonym: fasciculus cuneatus, Burdach's column, Burdach's fasciculus, Burdach's tract, cuneate funiculus, wedge-shaped fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-shaped tubercle | tubercle of cuneate nucleus |
| wedge-shell | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wedge-tailed | <ornithology, zoology> Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; said of certain birds. Wedge-tailed eagle, an Australian eagle (Aquila audax) which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on lambs; called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and eagle hawk. Wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in which the plumage is tinged with rose; called also Ross's gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wedgebill | <zoology> An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its colour is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gray wedge | <microscopy> An elongated rectangular pattern whose brightness changes from black through shades of gray to white along its length. In calibration wedges, the brightness may vary linearly or logarithmically in discrete steps. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| pulmonary capillary wedge pressure | The pressure obtained when a catheter is passed from the right side of the heart into the pulmonary artery as far as it will go and "wedged" into an end artery. PCWP is measured by letting pulmonary blood flow guide a balloon-flotation catheter into a small pulmonary end artery. The pressure distal to the wedged catheter is an approximation of cardiac left atrial pressure. The pressure recorded with the balloon deflated is pulmonary artery pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary wedge pressure | The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a catheter in a small pulmonary artery; believed to reflect the pressure in the pulmonary capillaries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quartz wedge | <microscopy> A compensator consisting of a gradual wedge of quartz of such orientation and dimensions as to show at least several orders of retardation colours as illustrated by the Michel Levy scale of retardation colours and birefringence vs. Thickness of specimen. The Babinet compensator employs two opposing quartz wedges, calibrated in terms of retardation. (05 Aug 1998) |
| ovarian wedge resection | <gynaecology, procedure> The surgical removal of a portion of a polycystic ovary to induce ovulation. (05 Jan 1998) |
Synonyms : Slippery Slope Argument, Slippery Slope Arguments, Wedge Arguments
| wedge |
any shape that is triangular in cross section bomber: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States hacek: a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation wedge heel: a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them lodge: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" chock: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
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| wedge bone |
part of the sirloin nearest the rump
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| wedge resection |
A surgical procedure to remove a triangle-shaped slice of tissue. It may be used to remove a tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it.
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| wedge resection |
Surgery to remove a wedge-shaped piece of tissue.
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| wedge |
Leather or rubber used for building up one side or the other between the hoof and shoe.
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| wedge | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object |
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| wedge | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
| wedge | (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole |
| wedge | a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe |
| wedge | a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation |
| wedge | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments) |
| wedge | any shape that is triangular in cross section |
| wedge | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
| wedge | fix, force, or implant |
| wedge | part of the sirloin nearest the rump |
| wedge | a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe |
| wedge | any shape that is triangular in cross section |
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