| WC | ward clerk; water closet; Weber-Christian [syndrome]; wheel chair; white cell; white cell casts; whi... |
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| W/C | watch carefully; wheel chair |
| wc | wheel chair |
| wh | ch wheel chair; white child |
| wheel | 1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood. 2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. "The beetle wheels her droning flight." "Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover's hand First wheeled their course." (Milton) Origin: Wheeled; Wheeling. 1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc. "The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel Of his own car." (Dryden) 2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. Specifically: A spinning wheel. See Spinning. An instrument of torture formerly used. "His examination is like that which is made by the rack and wheel." (Addison) This mode of torture is said to have been first employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, with grooves cut transversely in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and were hence called coups-de-grace blows of mercy. The criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel, with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled under him, there to expire, if he had survived the previous treatment. A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering. A potter's wheel. See Potter. "Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels." (Jer. Xviii. 3) "Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar A touch can make, a touch can mar. <chemistry> " (Longfellow) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases. The burden or refrain of a song. "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is supposed from the context in the few cases where the word is found." "You must sing a-down a-down, An you call him a-down-a. O, how the wheel becomes it!" (Shak) 3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. "According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves." (South) "[He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel." (Milton) A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. Balance wheel. Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel, Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See Bevel, Brake, etc. Core wheel. Any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. Wheel barometer. <physics> A stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. <botany> Wheel tree, a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. Rose window, under Rose. Origin: OE. Wheel, hweol, AS. Hweol, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. Wiel, Icel. Hvel, Gr, Skr. Cakra; cf. Icel. Hjol, Dan. Hiul, Sw. Hjul. 218 Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wheel-shaped | 1. Shaped like a wheel. 2. <botany> Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wheelbird | <zoology> The European goatsucker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wheelchairs | Chairs mounted on wheels and designed to be propelled by the occupant. (12 Dec 1998) |
| wheeler | 1. One who wheels, or turns. 2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. 3. A wheel horse. See Wheel. 4. A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler. 5. A worker on sewed muslin. 6. <zoology> The European goatsucker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wheeler method | A surgical procedure for correction of cicatricial ectropion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheeler, Henry Lord | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1867-1914. See: Wheeler-Johnson test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheeler, John | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1879-1938. See: Wheeler method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheeler-Johnson test | Cystosine or uracil when treated with bromine yields dialuric acid which gives a green colour with excess of barium hydroxide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheelhouse's operation | An obsolete term for external urethrotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheelhouse, Claudius | <person> English surgeon, 1826-1909. See: Wheelhouse's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wheeling | The process of transferring electrical energy between buyer and seller by way of an intermediate utility or utilities. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Burlew wheel | An abrasive-impregnated rubber wheel used in dentistry for polishing. Synonym: Burlew wheel. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mill wheel murmur | Churning cardiac murmur produced by air embolism to the heart; also heard in pneumohydropericardium. Synonym: water wheel murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water wheel murmur | Churning cardiac murmur produced by air embolism to the heart; also heard in pneumohydropericardium. Synonym: water wheel murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sprocket wheel | <machinery> Same as Chain wheel. Origin: Etymology of sprocket is uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| steering wheel injury | Trauma to the anterior chest wall caused by impact with the steering wheel during an automobile accident; can include fractured sternum and ribs, cardiac contusion, tear of the aorta or other great vessels, as well as lung injuries. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Wheel Chairs, Chair, Wheel, Chairs, Wheel, Wheel Chair, Wheelchair
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a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) steering wheel: a handwheel that is used for steering forces that provide energy and direction; "the wheels of government began to turn" change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left" a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel wheel somebody or something roulette wheel: game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" rack: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims bicycle: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals bicycle: ride a bicycle
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a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant
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One of two methods used to steer a boat. A wheel is turned in the direction that the helmsman wants the boat to go. On smaller boats a tiller is usually used, which steers in the opposite manner.
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The punishment of the wheel was formerly to put a criminal on a wheel, and then to break his bones until he expired. This barbarous punishment was never used in the United States, and it has been abolished in almost every civilized country.
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Ship's wheel or wheel of the helm. A spoked round steering device, linked to the tiller by a configuration of ropes and blocks or chains. The rudder, tiller, and wheel form the helm. ***
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| wheel | a cycle that has two wheels |
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| wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| wheel | game equipment consisting of a rotating wheel with slots that is used for gambling |
| wheel | a handwheel that is used for steering |
| wheel | a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
| wheel | a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel |
| wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle |
| wheel | ride a bicycle |
| wheel | change directions as of revolving on a pivot |
| wheel | wheel somebody or something |
| wheel | hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel |
| wheel | change directions as of revolving on a pivot |
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