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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

Whitehead, Walter
<person> English surgeon, 1840-1913. ... See: Whitehead deformity, Whitehead's operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Whitehead's operation
Excision of haemorrhoids by two circular incisions above and below involved veins, allowing normal mucosa to be pulled down and sutured to anal skin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whiteness
1. The quality or state of being white; white colour, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. ... 2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. 'The whiteness in thy cheek.' ... 3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. 'He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.' (Byron) ... 4. …

whitepox
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) ...

whitewood
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. ... Several other kinds of light-coloured wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolour in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella …

whither
1. To what place; used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? 'Whider may I flee?' 'Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?' (Shak) ... 2. To what or which place; used relatively. 'That no man should know . . . Whither that he went.' (Chaucer) 'We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.' (Num. Xiii. 27) ... 3. To what point, degree, end, conclusio …

whiting
1. <zoology> A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; called also fittin. A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; called also silver hake. ... Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from …

whitlockite
Synonym: tribasic calcium phosphate. ... Origin: Herbert P. Whitlock, Am. Mineralogist, + -ite ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whitlow
<dermatology, virology> A herpes viral infection that results in a painful blistery eruption on one of the digits. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

Whitman
Royal, U.S. Surgeon, 1857-1946. ... See: Whitman's frame. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Whitman's frame
A frame similar to the Bradford frame, but with curved sides. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Whitmore
Alfred, English surgeon, 1876-1946. ... See: Whitmore's bacillus, Whitmore's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Whitmore's bacillus
Synonym for Pseudomonas pseudomallei ... A species found in cases of melioidosis in humans and other animals and in soil and water in tropical regions. ... Synonym: Whitmore's bacillus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Whitmore's disease
Synonym for melioidosis ... A disease of humans and animals that resembles glanders. It is caused by burkholderia pseudomallei and may range from a dormant infection to a condition that causes multiple abscesses, pneumonia, and bacteraemia. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Whitnall
Samuel E., English anatomist, 1876-1952. ... See: Whitnall's tubercle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Whitnall's tubercle
Synonym for orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone ... A small elevation on the orbital surface of the zygomatic bone, just within the orbital margin, about 1 cm below the zygomaticofrontal suture; it gives attachment to the lateral check ligament, the lateral palpebral ligament, and the suspensory ligament of the eyeball. ... Synonym: eminentia orbitali …

whitsunday
1. The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments. ... 2. See the Note un …

whittle
1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. ... 2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; especially, to excite with liquor; to inebriate. ''In vino veritas.' When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random.' (Withals) ... Origin: W …

who
1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (correspondi …

whole
1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. 'On their whole host I flew unarmed.' 'The whole race of mankind.' (Shak) ... 2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpa …

whole blood
<haematology> Blood that has not been separated into its various components. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

whole blood coagulation time
Measurement of the time required by whole blood to produce a visible clot. Factors that could influence the test are all but III, vii, and xiii. Activation may be by contact with the glass tube or exposure to diatomaceous earth. Delay of onset of coagulation may be achieved by use of nonwettable plastic or silicone-coated glass tubes. It is used fo …

whole cell patch
<physiology> A variant of patch clamp technique, in which the patch electrode seals against the cell, with direct communication between the interior of the electrode and the cytoplasm. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

whole mount
<procedure> Placing a whole organism or specimen on a slide for microscopic examination. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

whole-arm fusion
<genetics, molecular biology> A break in the shortest arms of two acrocentric chromosomes followed by the fusion of the long arms into a single chromosome. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

whole-body counter
Shielding and instrumentation, usually involving more than one detector, designed to evaluate the total-body burden of various gamma-emitting nuclides. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whole-body counting
Measurement of radioactivity in the entire human body. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

whole-body irradiation
Irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. It is applicable to humans or animals but not to microorganisms. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

whole-body titration curve
A graphic representation of the in vivo changes in hydrogen ion, PaCO2, and bicarbonate which occur in arterial blood in response to primary acid-base disturbances. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whole-tree harvesting
A harvesting method in which the whole tree (above the stump) is removed. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...

wholesome
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. 'Wholesome thirst and appetite.' (Milton) 'From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food.' (A Smith) ... 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome ad …

whoop
1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. 'Each whooping with a merry shout.' (Wordsworth) 'When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl.' (W. Browne) ... 2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspir …

whooping cough
<paediatrics> A bacterial infection that has become quite rare due to effective and widespread vaccination programs (DPT vaccine). Only about 4, 500 cases are reported annually in the U.S. Can present as a mild or severe illness. ... Symptoms include runny nose, low-grade fever, conjunctivitis and a characteristic cough. Coughing spells end in …

whooping-cough vaccine
See: diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis vaccine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whop
To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over. ... This word is used adverbially in the north of England, as in the United States, when anything vanishes, or is gone suddenly; as, whap went the cigar out of my mouth. ... Origin: Cf. OE. Quappen to palpitate, E. Quob, qu …

whore
1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness. ... 2. To worship false and impure gods. ... Origin: Cf. Icel. Hra. See Whore. ... A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. ... Synonym: Harlot, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet. ... Origin: OE. Hore, AS. …

whorl
<botany> A ring of leaves, bracts or floral parts borne at the same level on a main stem. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

whorled
Marked by or arranged in whorls. ... See: vorticose, turbinate, convoluted, verticillate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

whortleberry
<botany> In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry. ... The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry. ... Origin: AS. Wyrtil a small shrub (dim. Of wyrt wort) + E. Berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry. ... Source: Websters Dictio …

why
1. For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron. 'Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?' (Ezek. Xxxiii. 11) ... 2. For which; on account of which; used relatively. 'No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean me ill or seek to h …

WI-38 cells
The first normal human cells, derived from foetal lung tissue, continuously cultivated. ... Origin: Wistar Institute ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wicked
1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs. 'Hence, then, and evil go with thee along, Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell, Thou and thy wicked …

wicket
1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman. 'Heaven's wicket.' 'And so went to the high street, . . . And came to the great tower, but the gate and wicket was …

Wickham, Louis-Frederic
<person> French dermatologist, 1861-1913. ... See: Wickham's striae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wickham's striae
Fine whitish lines, having a network arrangement, on the surface of lichen planus papules. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

widal test
<investigation> A test involving agglutination of typhoid bacilli when they are mixed with serum containing typhoid antibodies from an individual having typhoid fever, used to detect the presence of Salmonella typhi and s. Paratyphi. ... Pronounced: vidal ... (13 Nov 1997) ...

Widal, Georges
<person> French physician, 1862-1929. ... See: Widal's reaction, Widal's syndrome, Gruber-Widal reaction, Hayem-Widal syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Widal's reaction
Agglutination reaction as applied to the diagnosis of typhoid. ... Synonym: Gruber's reaction, Gruber-Widal reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Widal's syndrome
Synonym for Hayem-Widal syndrome ... <clinical sign> An obsolete term for acquired haemolytic icterus. ... Synonym: Widal's syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wide field ocular
An ocular that gives a larger than usual field of view and a high eyepoint. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wide plane
Synonym for pelvic plane of greatest dimensions ... The plane extending from the middle of the posterior surface of the pubic symphysis to the junction of the second and third sacral vertebrae, and laterally passing through the ischial bones over the middle of the acetabulum. ... Synonym: second parallel pelvic plane, wide plane. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wide spectrum
See: spectrum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wide-latitude film
Film that does not show large contrast differences with differences in exposure; the slope of the H and D curve is low. ... Synonym: latitude film. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

widefield eyepiece
<microscopy> An ocular with an achromatic doublet for the eyelens and with the plane side of the lower lens nearest the objective. Such a corrected system does not have to be stopped down with a diaphragm, hence a large flat field is achieved. ... A positive achromatic eyepiece, having a large eye lens and a high eye point, intended primarily …

widgeon
<zoology> Any one of several species of fresh water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and w …

widow
1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; rarely used except in the past participle. 'Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury.' (Shak) ... 2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave. 'The w …

widow's peak
A sharp point of hair growth in the midline of the anterior scalp margin, usually resulting from recession of hair of the temple areas, or occurring as a congenital configuration of scalp hair. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

width
Wideness; the distance from one side of an object or area to the other. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wiedemann, Hans Rudolf
<person> German paediatrician, *1915. ... See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wiener, H
<person> ... See: tract of Munzer and Wiener. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wife
Pl; Wives . [OE. Wif, AS. Wif; akin to OFries. & OS. Wif, D. Wijf, G. Weib, OHG. Wib, Icel. Vif, Dan. Viv; and perhaps to Skr. Vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. Vibrare to vibrate, E. Vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [' Germania' 8]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neg …

wig
A kind of raised seedcake. 'Wiggs and ale.' ... Origin: Cf. D. Wegge a sort of bread, G. Weck, orig, a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See Wedge. ... 1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural h …

Wigand manoeuvre
An assisted breech delivery with pressure above the symphysis while the foetus lies astraddle the operator's other arm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wigand, J Heinrich
<person> German obstetrician and gynecologist, 1766-1817. ... See: Wigand manoeuvre. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wight
1. A whit; a bit; a jot. 'She was fallen asleep a little wight.' (Chaucer) ... 2. A supernatural being. ... 3. A human being; a person, either male or female; now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. 'Worst of all wightes.' 'Every wight that hath discretion.' (Chaucer) 'Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight.' (Milton) ... O …

wigwam
An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; called also tepee. [Sometimes written also weekwam] 'Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains.' (Longfellow) ... 'The wigwam, or Indian hous …

wild
1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat. 'Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.' (Shak) ... 2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid …

wild ginger
Synonym for Asarum canadense ... An aromatic stimulant and diaphoretic. ... Synonym: Canada snakeroot, Indian ginger, wild ginger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wild mandrake
Synonym for podophyllum resin ... <botany> A powdered mixture of resins taken from dried seeds and root of the mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), it is typically used as a topical caustic agent. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wild strain
<virology> A viral strain found naturally, as opposed to one created in the laboratory. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wild tobacco
Synonym for lobelia ... <botany> A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. Cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remark …

wild type
<genetics> The naturally-occuring, normal, non-mutated version of a gene. ... The original parent strain of a virus, bacteria, fruit fly, mouse, or other laboratory test organism. Often refers to how organisms are found naturally, in the wild, before mutations were induced by researchers. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wild yeast
Any of the uncultivated forms of yeast's, useless as ferments and sometimes pathogenic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wild-type strain
A strain found in nature or a standard strain. ... See: auxotrophic strains, prototrophic strains. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilde, Sir William
<person> Irish oculist and otologist, 1815-1876. ... See: Wilde's cords, Wilde's triangle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilde's cords
Transverse markings on the corpus callosum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilde's triangle
Synonym for pyramid of light ... A triangular area at the anterior inferior part of the tympanic membrane, running from the umbo to the periphery, where there is seen a bright reflection of light. ... Synonym: cone of light, light reflex, Politzer's luminous cone, red reflex, Wilde's triangle. ... Malacarne's pyramid, a lobule on the undersurface of t …

Wilder, Helenor
<person> 20th century U.S. Scientist. ... See: Wilder's stain for reticulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilder, Joseph
<person> U.S. Neuropsychiatrist, *1895. ... See: Wilder's law of initial value. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilder, William
<person> U.S. Ophthalmologst, 1860-1935. ... See: Wilder's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilder's diet
An obsolete diet, low in potassium, for treating Addison's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilder's law of initial value
The direction of response of a body function to any agent depends to a large degree on the initial level of that function. ... Synonym: law of initial value. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilder's sign
<clinical sign> A slight twitch of the eyeball when changing its movement from abduction to adduction or the reverse, noted in Graves' disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wildermuth, Hermann
<person> German psychiatrist, 1852-1907. ... See: Wildermuth's ear. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wildermuth's ear
An ear in which the helix is turned backward and the anthelix is prominent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wildervanck syndrome
Synonym for cervico-oculo-acoustic syndrome ... <syndrome> A congenital short neck associated with paralysis of the external ocular muscles and with perceptive deafness; occurs in girls. ... Synonym: Wildervanck syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wildervanck, L
<person> 20th century Dutch geneticist. ... See: Wildervanck syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wildfire
1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire. 'Brimstone, pitch, wildfire . . . Burn cruelly, and hard to quench.' (Bacon) ... 2. <medicine> An old name for erysipelas. A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin. ... 3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. ... Source: Webs …

wildfire rash
Synonym for miliaria rubra ... An eruption of papules and vesicles at the orifices of sweat glands, accompanied by redness and inflammatory reaction of the skin. ... Synonym: heat rash, lichen infantum, lichen strophulosus, prickly heat, strophulus, summer rash, tropical lichen, lichen tropicus, wildfire rash. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

wildlife corridor
<ecology> Linear spaces that connect the various areas of an animals habitat, links between feeding, watering, resting, and breeding places. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

wildlife habitat
<ecology> An area that provides a water supply and vegetative habitat for wildlife. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Wilhelm Johansen
Synonym for Johansen, Wilhelm ... <person> A Dutch geneticist who coined the word gene and demonstrated that environmental adaptations are not inherited. ... Lived: 1857-1927. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

Wilhelmy balance
A device for measuring surface tension in terms of the pull exerted on a thin plate of platinum or other material suspended vertically through the surface; used in a Langmuir trough to study pulmonary surfactant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilhelmy, Ludwig
<person> German scientist, 1812-1864. ... See: Wilhelmy balance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilkie, David
<person> Scottish surgeon, 1882-1938. ... See: Wilkie's artery, Wilkie's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilkie's artery
<anatomy, artery> The right colic artery when it occasionally crosses the duodenum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Wilkie's disease
Synonym for superior mesenteric artery syndrome ... <radiology> Partial obstruction of third part of duodenum by superior mesenteric artery seen with: marked weight loss, anorexia nervosa, total body casting X-ray: distension of proximal duodenum, classically disappears when prone ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Wilkinson, Daryl Sheldon
<person> 20th century English dermatologist. ... See: Sneddon-Wilkinson disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

will
1. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects. 'It is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is meant by the word 'volition' in order to understa …

will, living
A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives preserve the person's right to accept or reject a course of medical treatment even after that person becomes mentally or physically incapacitated to the point of being unable to communicate those wishes. There are two basic forms of advance directives: (1) a living w …