Category: W

Paradox that states that a muscle loaded beyond its ability to contract may elongate.  

Pain that changes its location repeatedly.  

The envelopment of a patient in wet sheets or blankets; a technique formerly used to treat hyperthermia. They are held against the body by large woolen blankets. The temperature of the water used for the sheets varies, depending on the purpose.  

A pack or dressing placed in a wound or ulcer in order to facilitate healing or debride necrotic tissues. The dressing is moistened with the prescribed solution (e.g,, sterile saline) prior to packing the wound. The dressing is then packed into the open wound. During the next dressing change, the removal of the dried packing…

A nomogram used to prescribe medications based on patient size.  

A broad neck as seen anteriorly or posteriorly. The breadth is due to a fold of skin that extends from the clavicle to the head. Webbed neck is present in Turner’s syndrome.  

Milk whose fat content is unaltered. It is homogenized, pasteurized, and often fortified with vitamins A and D. It may in some instances be treated with lactase-destroying enzymes. The opaque white liquid that remains after the extraction of cream or butterfat from milk is commonly referred to as skim milk. It is important to note…

A soft, thin wire, elastic cord, or elastic loop used in orthodontics to anchor an arch wire or other dental devices or to tie two structures together.  

Removal of or not giving medical interventions during end-of-life care, with the expectation that the patient will die as a result.  

A relatively cell-free zone just below the odontoblastic layer in the dental pulp. It is also called subodontoblastic layer; cell-free zone of Weil; cell-poor zone.