Category: W
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Warning
Written or spoken information about a danger.
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Warm
Quite hot, pleasantly hot.
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Warfarin
A colourless crystalline compound used to help prevent the blood clotting. Anticoagulant used to prevent and treat thrombosis and embolism. Adverse effects include hemorrhage and the possibility of interaction with many other drugs. An anticoagulant drug. Warfarin (Coumadin) is used to prevent blood clots. It is also used to prevent or treat blood clots that…
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Ward sister
A senior nurse in charge of a ward.
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Ward nurse
A nurse who works in a hospital ward.
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Ward manager
A nurse in charge of a ward.
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Ward
A room or set of rooms in a hospital, with beds for the patients. A minor child (or sometimes a handicapped or incompetent adult) whose custody and care are legally in the hands of a guardian rather than a parent. A juvenile found to have committed delinquent acts is generally called a ward of the…
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Wangensteen tube
A tube which is passed into the stomach to remove the stomach’s contents by suction [Described 1832. After Owen Harding Wangensteen (1898-1980), US surgeon.]
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Wall eye
An eye which is very pale or which is squinting so strongly that only the white sclera is visible.
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Wall
The side part of an organ or a passage in the body. Confining, limiting, or enclosing part, especially a broad surface, as the wall of the abdominal cavity. The limiting or surrounding substance or material of a vessel or cavity such as an artery, vein, chest, or bladder. In dentistry, it may refer to specific…