Category: W

The dried bark of Prunus serotina, used principally in the form of syrup as a flavored vehicle for cough medicine. The mental faculty used in choosing or deciding on an act or thought.  

A covering for the head to simulate hair if the individual is bald or partially bald. Wigs may be made of hair or synthetic fibers such as acrylic. Wigs are especially beneficial for use by patients who have lost their hair due to exposure to certain types of cytotoxic agents used in cancer chemotherapy. Artificial…

Lines that are demonstrable on the buccal mucosa in patients with lichen planus.  

Any material that absorbs liquids. Wicks are used in wounds and cavities to drain accumulated fluids.  

An instrument that detects the radiation present in the entire body.  

A method of staging prostate cancer. The cancer either is confined entirely to the prostate gland or has spread to regional lymph nodes or, in the worse case, has spread to distant tissues such as bones.  

The stage of softening of any tissue in which the affected area has become white and anemic.  

Gangrene caused by local impairments of blood flow.  

The part of the sclera visible around the iris.  

Any of a group of inflammatory diseases of the choroid and retina that manifest with visual loss. On inspection of the ocular fundus, well-demarcated whitish lesions are seen.