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Wale

Welt; A raised mark on the skin

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Walking Pneumonia

Mycoplasma Infection Typical symptoms include fever, cough, bronchitis, sore throat, headache and tiredness A common result of mycoplasma infection is pneumonia

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Walleye

A condition in which one eye turns outward

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Wandering Gout

Podagra Aberrans; Gout does not always confine itself to the joints It may attack the internal organs

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Want Of Breath

Apnea It owes its name to a Greek word, apnea, meaning want of breath

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War Edema

Nutritional edema, a disorder of nutrition due to long-continued diet deficiency of protein and/or calories and marked by anasarca and edema; called also alimentary edema, famine edema and hunger edem...

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War Nephritis

Acute nephritis, glomerulonephritis; Inflammation of the Kidney

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Warble

A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling

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Warehousemen's Itch

Grocers Itch; a vesicular dermatitis caused by certain mites found in stored hides, dried fruits, grain, copra, and cheese

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Warnings

A popular term for the aura of epilepsy

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Wart

A hard rough lump growing on the skin, caused by infection with certain viruses and occurring typically on the hands or feet

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Washerwoman’s Itch

Eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen

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Washout Period

The time it takes for a drug to be cleared from the body after it is discontinued

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Wasting Disease

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

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Wasting Paralysis

Poliomyelitis; an infectious disease caused by a virus; usually causes only mild symptoms but in rare cases can attack the brain and spinal cord and cause paralysis or death

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Wasting Syndrome

A condition characterized by atrophy of lean body mass and involuntary weight loss

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Water Brash

Pyrosis; regurgitation of an excessive accumulation of saliva from the lower part of the esophagus often with some acid material from the stomach — compare heartburn

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Water Canker

Certain sloughing or gangrenous ulcers of the mouth so called, perhaps, because they are often accompanied with an afflux of saliva

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Water Qualm

Water Brash; Pyrosis; regurgitation of an excessive accumulation of saliva from the lower part of the esophagus often with some acid material from the stomach — compare heartburn

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Waterjags

Provincial term for varicella

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Waterpox

Varicella; Chickenpox An acute, specific, and infectious disease, occurring during infancy and early childhood, and characterized by an eruption that rapidly passes through the stage of papule, vesicl...

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Water-Soluble

Capable of being dissolved in water Contrast with fat-soluble

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Watery Gripes

A popular name for a dangerous disease of infancy, common in England, which does not differ essentially from cholera infantum of this country

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Wax Pattern

A wax form that is the positive likeness of an object to be fabricated

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Weakness

The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness

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Weaning Brash

Cholera Infantum A severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned

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Weaver’S Bottom

Ischial Bursitis; an inflammation of the fluid-filled sac, or bursa, that lies between the ischial tuberosity (the lower part of the V-shaped bone that helps form the pelvis) and the tendon that attac...

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Weber's Test

A test in which a vibrating tuning fork is held against the forehead to help determine the cause of hearing loss

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Weeping Eczema

A moist, eczematous dermatitis

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Wegener's Granulomatosis

A disorder in which nodules associated with inflammation of blood vessels develop in the lungs, kidneys and nasal passageways

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Weight-Bearing Exercise

Exercise that puts stress on bones, such as walking, which helps build up bone density and prevent the bones from becoming brittle

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Weil's Disease

An acute infectious febrile disease, resembling typhoid fever, with muscular pains, disturbance of the digestive organs, jaundice, etc

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Welder's Lung

Siderosis occurring in welders, caused by the inhalation of iron oxide fumes; the condition is generally asymptomatic, although the presence of other substances in welding fumes may lead to fibrotic l...

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Wen

A name given to circumscribe, indolent tumors, without inflammation or change of color of the skin

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