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Wake
To interrupt someone’s sleep. To stop sleeping. A ceremony to view or watch over the deceased person before the funeral.
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Waiting time
The period between the time when someone’s name has been put on the waiting list and his or her admission into hospital.
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Waiting room
A room at a doctor’s or dentist’s surgery where people wait.
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Waiting list
A list of people waiting for admission to hospital usually for treatment of non-urgent disorders. A term widely used in the NHS to show the number of people waiting for hospital admission, usually for non-acute surgery. The size of the waiting list has come to be perceived over the past 20 years especially by politicians…
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Wait
To stay somewhere until something happens or someone arrives.
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Waist
The narrow part of the body below the chest and above the buttocks. Narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips. In orthopedics, may refer to narrowing of a portion of a bone, such as the waist of the navicular bone in the wrist. The small part of the human trunk between the thorax…
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Wadding
Material used to make a wad.
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Wad
A pad of material used to put on a wound.
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Vulvitis
Inflammation of the vulva, causing intense irritation. Inflammation of the vulva, usually producing a burning sensation and intense itching. It may be caused by infection (e.g., candidiasis) or by local irritation (e.g., from poorly fitting underwear). Inflammation of the vulva (external female genitals). Vulvitis usually causes redness, swelling, and itching of the labia (lips) and…
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Vulvectomy
A surgical operation to remove the vulva. Surgical removal of all or part of the vulva, usually done to treat malignant or premalignant neoplastic disease. Surgical removal of the vulva (external female genital area) and the lymph nodes in the groin. A vulvectomy is the most common and effective treatment for cancer of the vulva.…
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