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Wernicke's centre
The region of the cerebral cortex thought to be essential for understanding and formulating coherent, propositional speech; it encompasses a large region of the parietal and temporal lobes near the lateral sulcus of the left cerebral hemisphere; corresponding approximately to Brodmann's areas 40, 39, and 22. ... Synonym: sensory speech centre, Werni …

Wernicke's disease
Synonym for Wernicke's syndrome ... <syndrome> A condition frequently encountered in chronic alcoholics, largely due to thiamin deficiency and characterised by disturbances in ocular motility, pupillary alterations, nystagmus, and ataxia with tremors; an organic-toxic psychosis is often an associated finding, and Korsakoff's syndrome often coe …

Wernicke's encephalopathy
<neurology> Encephalopathy associated with thiamin deficiency. Usually associated with chronic alcohol abuse. Other features include loss of memory and confabulation. ... Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

Wernicke's field
Synonym for Wernicke's centre ... The region of the cerebral cortex thought to be essential for understanding and formulating coherent, propositional speech; it encompasses a large region of the parietal and temporal lobes near the lateral sulcus of the left cerebral hemisphere; corresponding approximately to Brodmann's areas 40, 39, and 22. ... Syno …

Wernicke's radiation
Synonym for optic radiation ... The massive, fanlike fibre system passing from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus to the visual cortex (striate or calcarine cortex, area 17 of Brodmann); the fibres follow the retrolenticular and sublenticular limbs of the internal capsule into the corona radiata but they curve back along the lateral wall of …

Wernicke's reaction
In hemianopeia, a reaction due to damage of the optic tract, consisting in loss of pupillary constriction when the light is directed to the blind side of the retina; pupillary constriction is maintained when light stimulates the normal side. This sign cannot be seen with a bright light because of intraocular scatter onto the seeing half of the reti …

Wernicke's region
Synonym for Wernicke's centre ... The region of the cerebral cortex thought to be essential for understanding and formulating coherent, propositional speech; it encompasses a large region of the parietal and temporal lobes near the lateral sulcus of the left cerebral hemisphere; corresponding approximately to Brodmann's areas 40, 39, and 22. ... Syno …

Wernicke's sign
Synonym for Wernicke's reaction ... In hemianopeia, a reaction due to damage of the optic tract, consisting in loss of pupillary constriction when the light is directed to the blind side of the retina; pupillary constriction is maintained when light stimulates the normal side. This sign cannot be seen with a bright light because of intraocular scatt …

Wernicke's syndrome
<syndrome> A condition frequently encountered in chronic alcoholics, largely due to thiamin deficiency and characterised by disturbances in ocular motility, pupillary alterations, nystagmus, and ataxia with tremors; an organic-toxic psychosis is often an associated finding, and Korsakoff's syndrome often coexists; characteristic cellular path …

Wernicke's zone
Synonym for Wernicke's centre ... The region of the cerebral cortex thought to be essential for understanding and formulating coherent, propositional speech; it encompasses a large region of the parietal and temporal lobes near the lateral sulcus of the left cerebral hemisphere; corresponding approximately to Brodmann's areas 40, 39, and 22. ... Syno …

Wertheim, Ernst
<person> Austrian gynecologist, 1864-1920. ... See: Wertheim's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wertheim's operation
A radical operation for carcinoma of the uterus in which as much as possible of the vagina is excised and there is wide lymph node excision. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Werther, J
<person> 20th century German physician. ... See: Werther's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Werther's disease
Synonym for dermatitis nodularis necrotica ... A recurrent eruption of vesicles, papules, and papulonecrotic lesions on the buttocks and extensor surfaces of the extremities, accompanied by fever, sore throat, diarrhoea, and eosinophilia; probably a variant of vasculitis, it can be of varying and increasing severity and duration, and can occasionall …

Wesselsbron disease
Synonym for Wesselsbron fever ... A mosquito-borne disease of sheep and man caused by the Wesselsbron disease virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae, and characterised by abortion and lamb mortality in sheep and by fever, headache, muscular pains, and mild rash in humans. ... Synonym: Wesselsbron disease. ... Origin: Wesselsbron, town in South Afr …

Wesselsbron disease virus
A mosquito-borne group B arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus causing Wesselsbron fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wesselsbron fever
A mosquito-borne disease of sheep and man caused by the Wesselsbron disease virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae, and characterised by abortion and lamb mortality in sheep and by fever, headache, muscular pains, and mild rash in humans. ... Synonym: Wesselsbron disease. ... Origin: Wesselsbron, town in South Africa where causative agent first i …

west
1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east. 'And fresh from the west is the …

West African fever
Synonym for malarial haemoglobinuria ... A condition, now uncommon, resulting from Plasmodium falciparum infection (malignant tertian malaria with severe haemolysis); frequently seen in Caucasians after interrupted treatment with quinine. ... Synonym: blackwater fever, haemoglobinuric fever, West African fever. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

West African sleeping sickness
Synonym for Gambian trypanosomiasis ... A chronic disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in northern and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan and Uganda; characterised by splenomegaly, drowsiness, an uncontrollable urge to sleep, and the development of psychotic changes; basal ganglia and cerebellar involvement commonly le …

West African trypanosomiasis
Synonym for Gambian trypanosomiasis ... A chronic disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in northern and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan and Uganda; characterised by splenomegaly, drowsiness, an uncontrollable urge to sleep, and the development of psychotic changes; basal ganglia and cerebellar involvement commonly le …

West Indian smallpox
Synonym for alastrim ... A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus. ... Synonym: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milkpox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, whitepox. ... Origin: Pg. Alastrar, to scatter over ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

west indies
Islands lying between southeastern north america and northern south america, enclosing the caribbean sea. They comprise the greater antilles (cuba, dominican republic, haiti, jamaica, and puerto rico), the lesser antilles (antigua and the other leeward islands, barbados, martinique and the other windward islands, netherlands antilles, virgin island …

West Nile encephalitis virus
Caused by a virus in the family Flaviviridae. ... Synonym: West Nile virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

west nile fever
<virology> A tropical disease caused by dengue virus (Arbovirus), that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes). Four severity grades of the illness are seen: ... Grade I (fever and constitutional symptoms) ... Grade II (grade I plus spontaneous bleeding of skin, gums or gastrointestinal tract) ... Grade III (grade …

west nile virus
A species of flavivirus, one of the japanese encephalitis virus group (encephalitis viruses, japanese), which produces encephalitis experimentally when inoculated into some rodents, chicks, birds, or monkeys. In humans, it is seen most frequently in africa, asia, and europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (west nile fever …

West, Charles
<person> English physician, 1816-1898. ... See: West's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

West's syndrome
<syndrome> An encephalopathy in infancy characterised by infantile spasms, arrest of psychomotor development, and hypsarrhythmia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Westberg, Friedrich
<person> 19th century German physician. ... See: Westberg's space. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Westberg's space
The space surrounding the origin of the aorta which is invested with the pericardium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Westergren method
A procedure for estimating the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in fluid blood by mixing venous blood with an aqueous solution of sodium citrate and allowing it to stand in an upright standard pipet (200 mm long) filled to the zero mark; the fall of the red blood cells, in millimeters, is then observed in 1 hr; the normal rate for men is 0 to …

Westergren, Alf
<person> Swedish physician, *1891. ... See: Westergren method. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

westermark sign
<radiology> Seen in 2% of pulmonary embolism, focal oligaemia (vasoconstriction) distal to embolus ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Westermark's sign
In chest radiography, an abrupt tapering of a vessel caused by pulmonary thromboembolic obstruction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

western
1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. 'Far o'er the glowing western main.' (Keble) ... 2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breez …

western Australia
A state in western Australia. Its capital is perth. It was first visited by the dutch in 1616 but the english took possession in 1791 and permanent colonization began in 1829. It was a penal settlement 1850-1888, became part of the colonial government in 1886, and was granted self government in 1890. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

western blot
<technique> A technique similar to Southern blotting, though it is used for proteins. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Western blot analysis
A procedure in which proteins separated by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels are transferred (blotted) onto nitrocellulose or nylon membranes and identified by specific complexing with antibodies that are either pre-or post-tagged with a labelled secondary protein. ... See: immunoblot. ... Synonym: Western blot, Western blotting. ... Origin: coin …

Western blotting
<molecular biology> An electroblotting method in which proteins are transferred from a gel to a thin, rigid support (nitrocellulose) and detected by binding of labelled antibody. ... See: blots. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

western equine encephalomyelitis
An equine encephalomyelitis found in the western U.S. And parts of South America, transmitted by mosquitoes and caused by the western equine encephalomyelitis virus (a species of Alphavirus in the family Togaviridae); the infection is similar to but milder than eastern equine encephalomyelitis in man and is, as a rule, inapparent, but some cases wi …

western samoa
A group of islands of samoa, in the southwest central pacific ocean. They are a kingdom whose capital is apia. They were jointly administered by england, the united states, and germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of savai'I and upolu recognised as german until 1919. Western samoa gained independence in 1962. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

western world
A historical and cultural entity dispersed across the wide geographical area of europe, as opposed to the east, asia, and africa. The term was used by scholars through the late medieval period. Thereafter, with the impact of colonialism and the transmission of cultures, western world was sometimes expanded to include the americas. (dr. James h. Cas …

westness
1. The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth. ... 2. A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season. ... Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is implied by humidness or moisture. ... Source: Websters …

Westphal-Erb sign
Synonym for Erb-Westphal sign ... <clinical sign> Abolition of the patellar tendon reflex, in tabes and certain other diseases of the spinal cord, and occasionally also in brain disease. ... Synonym: Erb sign, Westphal's phenomenon, Westphal's sign, Westphal-Erb sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Westphal-Piltz phenomenon
Synonym for eye-closure pupil reaction ... A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. ... Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillar …

Westphal-Strumpell pseudosclerosis
Synonym for Wilson's disease ... <gastroenterology, neurology> An inherited (autosomal recessive) disorder where there is excessive quantities of copper in the tissues, particularly the liver and central nervous system. Wilson's disease causes the body to absorb and retain copper. The copper deposits in the liver, brain, kidneys and eyes. Comp …

Westphal, Karl
<person> German neurologist, 1833-1890. ... See: Westphal's disease, Westphal's phenomenon, Westphal's pseudosclerosis, Westphal's pupillary reflex, Westphal's sign, Westphal-Erb sign, Westphal-Piltz phenomenon, Westphal-Strumpell pseudosclerosis, Edinger-Westphal nucleus, Erb-Westphal sign, Strumpell-Westphal disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Westphal's disease
Synonym for Wilson's disease ... <gastroenterology, neurology> An inherited (autosomal recessive) disorder where there is excessive quantities of copper in the tissues, particularly the liver and central nervous system. Wilson's disease causes the body to absorb and retain copper. The copper deposits in the liver, brain, kidneys and eyes. Comp …

Westphal's phenomenon
Synonym for Erb-Westphal sign ... <clinical sign> Abolition of the patellar tendon reflex, in tabes and certain other diseases of the spinal cord, and occasionally also in brain disease. ... Synonym: Erb sign, Westphal's phenomenon, Westphal's sign, Westphal-Erb sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Westphal's pseudosclerosis
Synonym for Wilson's disease ... <gastroenterology, neurology> An inherited (autosomal recessive) disorder where there is excessive quantities of copper in the tissues, particularly the liver and central nervous system. Wilson's disease causes the body to absorb and retain copper. The copper deposits in the liver, brain, kidneys and eyes. Comp …

Westphal's pupillary reflex
Synonym for eye-closure pupil reaction ... A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. ... Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillar …

Westphal's sign
Synonym for Erb-Westphal sign ... <clinical sign> Abolition of the patellar tendon reflex, in tabes and certain other diseases of the spinal cord, and occasionally also in brain disease. ... Synonym: Erb sign, Westphal's phenomenon, Westphal's sign, Westphal-Erb sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet
1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. 'Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet.' (Chaucer) 'Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant.' (Milton) ... 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. ... 3. A dram; a drink. ... Origin: AS. Waeta. See Wet. ... 1. Conta …

wet beriberi
Edematous beriberi, in which congestive heart failure occurs in addition to polyneuropthy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet compress
Gauze moistened with saline or antiseptic solution. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet cutaneous leishmaniasis
Synonym for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis ... A form of cutaneous leishmaniasis characterised by rural distribution of human cases near infected rodents, particularly communal ground squirrels; characterised by acute rapidly developing dermal lesions that become severely inflamed, with moist necrotizing sores or ulcers that heal in two to eight m …

wet dream
A true physiologic orgasm during sleep including, in males, a nocturnal seminal emission (oneirogmus), usually accompanying a dream with sexual content. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet gangrene
Ischemic necrosis of an extremity with bacterial infection, producing cellulitis adjacent to the necrotic areas. ... Synonym: moist gangrene. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet meadows
<ecology> Perched wetlands with herbaceous vegetation growing in saturated or occasionally flooded mineral soils or peat. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wet pack
The usual form of pack using hot or cold moisture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet playas
<ecology> Unvegetated perched wetlands in arid regions usually saline and with only intermittent flooding. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wet pleurisy
Synonym for pleurisy with effusion ... Pleurisy accompanied by serous exudation. ... Synonym: serous pleurisy, wet pleurisy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wet shock
Synonym for insulin shock ... A severe condition that occurs when the level of blood glucose (sugar) drops quickly. The signs are shaking, sweating, dizziness, double vision, convulsions, and collapse. Insulin shock may occur when an insulin reaction is not treated quickly enough. ... See: hypoglycaemia. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wet weight
<botany> Weight of plants after the outer surface covering of water has been removed. Wet weight is not a reliable measurement since methods to prepare plants prior to weighing vary considerably. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wet woodland
<ecology> A wooded area having surface water some of the time, for intermittent short periods. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wetland hydrology
<ecology> In general terms, permanent or periodic inundation or prolonged soil saturation sufficient to create anaerobic conditions in the soil. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wetland indicator status
<ecology> The exclusiveness with which a plant species occurs in wetland, the different indicator categories (i.e., facultative species, and obligate wetland species) are defined elsewhere in this glossary. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wetlands
<ecology> Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. ... Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. ... (09 Oc …

wettability
The quality or state of being wettable or the degree to which something can be wet. This is also the ability of any solid surface to be wetted when in contact with a liquid whose surface tension is reduced so that the liquid spreads over the surface of the solid. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

wettable sulfur
Sulfur prepared from calcium polysulfide solution containing a protective colloid such as casein; it is easily dispersed and suspended in water. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wetting agents
A surfactant that renders a surface wettable by water or enhances the spreading of water over the surface; used in foods and cosmetics; important in contrast media; also with contact lenses, dentures, and some prostheses. ... Synonym: humectants; hydrating agents. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Wetzel grid
Chart of growth, plotting height, weight, physical fitness and related aspects of young and adolescent children during growth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wetzel, Norman
<person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1897. ... See: Wetzel grid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wever-Bray phenomenon
The action potentials in the acoustic nerve that correspond to auditory stimuli reaching the cochlea. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wever, Ernest Glen
<person> U.S. Psychologist, *1902. ... See: Wever-Bray phenomenon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Weyers-Thier syndrome
Synonym for oculovertebral dysplasia ... Microphthalmia, colobomas, or anophthalmia with small orbit, twisted face due to unilateral dysplasia of maxilla, macrostomia with malformed teeth and malocclusion, vertebral malformations, and branched and hypoplastic ribs. ... Synonym: oculovertebral syndrome, Weyers-Thier syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Weyers, Helmut
<person> 20th century German paediatrician. ... See: Weyers-Thier syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whale
<zoology> Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone. ... The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, …

whale fingers
Synonym for erysipeloid ... An infection caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae that is almost wholly restricted to persons who in their occupation handle infected fish, shellfish, poultry, or meat. Three forms of this condition exist: a mild localised form manifested by local swelling and redness of the skin; a diffuse form that might present with …

whales
Large marine mammals of the order cetacea. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in animal feed and fertiliser, and for baleen. The sperm whale produces ambergris, an intestinal secretion used in perfumery. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

wharf
Origin: AS. Hwerf, hwearf, a returning, a change, from hweorfan to turn, turn about, go about; akin to D. Werf a wharf, G. Werft, Sw. Varf a shipbuilder's yard, Dan. Verft wharf, dockyard, G. Werben to enlist, to engage, woo, OHG. Werban to turn about, go about, be active or occupied, Icel. Hverfa to turn, Goth. Hwairban, hwarbon, to walk. Cf. Whir …

Wharton, Thomas
<person> English anatomist and physician, 1614-1673. ... See: Wharton's duct, Wharton's jelly. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wharton's duct
Synonym for submandibular duct ... The duct of the submandibular salivary gland; it opens at the sublingual papilla near the frenulum of the tongue. ... Synonym: ductus submandibularis, ductus submaxillaris, submaxillary duct, Wharton's duct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wharton's jelly
<obstetrics> Viscous hyaluronic acid rich jelly found in the umbilical cord. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

wheal
1. A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale. ... 2. <medicine> Specifically, a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria. ... Origin: Cf. Wale. ... <chemical> A mine. ... Origin: Cornish hwel. ... Source: Websters Dict …

wheal-and-erythema reaction
The characteristic immediate reaction observed in the skin test; within 10 to 15 minutes after injection of antigen (allergen), an irregular, blanched, elevated wheal appears, surrounded by an area of erythema (flare). ... Synonym: wheal-and-flare reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wheal-and-flare reaction
Synonym for wheal-and-erythema reaction ... The characteristic immediate reaction observed in the skin test; within 10 to 15 minutes after injection of antigen (allergen), an irregular, blanched, elevated wheal appears, surrounded by an area of erythema (flare). ... Synonym: wheal-and-flare reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wheat
<botany> A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race. ... Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist as a wi …

wheat germ
<plant biology> The embryonic plant at the tip of the seed of wheat. Wheat germ has been used as the starting material for a cell free translation system and is also the source of wheat germ agglutinin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

wheat germ agglutinin
<plant biology> Lectin from wheat germ that binds to N acetylglucosaminyl and sialic acid residues. ... See: lectins. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

wheat germ agglutinins
Lectins purified from the germinating seeds of common wheat (triticum vulgare); these bind to certain carbohydrate moieties on cell surface glycoproteins and are used to identify certain cell populations and inhibit or promote some immunological or physiological activities. There are at least two isoforms of this lectin. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

wheat germ oil
An oil obtained by expression from the germ of the wheat seed, Triticum aestivum (family Gramineae); one of the richest sources of natural vitamin E; used as a nutritional supplement. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wheat gum
Synonym for gluten ... <protein> The protein of wheat and other grains which gives to the dough its tough elastic character. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

wheat pasture poisoning
Synonym for grass tetany ... A highly fatal disease of cows and sheep occurring generally during the first two weeks in the spring after the animals have been out on lush pastures; it is characterised by convulsions, hypomagnesaemia, and usually hypocalcaemia. ... Synonym: wheat pasture poisoning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wheat peroxidase
<enzyme> Gene of this enzyme is neither pathogen- nor wound-induced in leaves but is constitutively expressed in roots; amino acid sequence given in first source ... Registry number: EC 1.11.1.- ... Synonym: triticum peroxidase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

wheatear
<zoology> A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. ... Synonym: checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetai …

Wheatstone, Charles
<person> English physicist, 1802-1875. ... See: Wheatstone's bridge. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

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 …

wheelchairs
Chairs mounted on wheels and designed to be propelled by the occupant. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Wheeler method
A surgical procedure for correction of cicatricial ectropion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...