Category: W

A historical term for the windpipe.  

Growing larger. Coating with wax.  

An organ that shifts from its usual location due to the loss of its attachment or tethering point.  

The canal of the sublingual salivary gland.  

A broken ankle that causes the foot to turn inward.  

An apparatus used to measure the relative humidity of the air. It includes two thermometers, with one of them having its bulb saturated with water. The cooling effect caused by the evaporation of water leads to a temperature drop in that thermometer. The temperature difference between the two thermometers is indicative of the relative humidity.…

Rapid shutting of the eyelids when an object unexpectedly enters the field of vision.  

A compact, swift, taut pulse resembling a cord, occasionally noticed in cases of acute peritonitis.  

A neurosis triggered by wartime experiences in emotionally vulnerable individuals predisposed to such reactions, akin to the “shell shock” observed in the First World War.  

Surgical procedure that involves taking out the entire uterus along with its adjacent lymph nodes.