Category: W

Any disease transmitted by consuming or bathing in water. Common disease-causing agents that contaminate water include Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, some hepatitis viruses, Escherichia coli 0157:H7, and metallic toxins.  

Carried in water, especially drinking water, surface water, lakes, rivers, or recreational swimming pools.  

Water for parenteral use that has been distilled and sterilized.  

Water within the crystalline structure of an ionic compound that can be removed by heating or other means, leaving a pure salt.  

The movement of water into and out of cells (e.g., cells of the central nervous system after a stroke). Decreases in water diffusion are found when brain cells have been deprived of blood and oxygen.  

A strategy that includes frequent observation of a patient’s condition rather than immediate intervention with drugs or surgery. Closely monitoring a patient’s condition but withholding treatment until symptoms appear or change.  

Term sometimes applied to all insects belonging to the suborder Apocrita, order Hymenoptera (except the Formicidae or ants), but more generally restricted to the superfamilies Scolioidea, Vespoidea, and Specoidea. Members have the base of the abdomen constricted, and females have a piercing ovipositor, which in many species is modified into a sting. Many are social,…

The act of cleaning, especially a part or all of the body.    

A common benign tumor of the parotid gland.  

A rare, autosomal dominant condition in which anomalies in the vitamin K receptor site interfere with or neutralize the effects of warfarin. Families with such anomalies have great difficulty achieving anticoagulation with warfarin.