Medical Conditions Terminology in Category W

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Walking Stick

Sticks used as walking aids. The canes may have three or four prongs at the end of the shaft.

Wallaby

Herbivorous leaping mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands.

Warfarin Potassium

An anticoagulant that acts by inhibiting the synthesis of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Warfarin is indicated for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of venous thrombosis and its extension, pulmonary embolism, and atrial fibrillation with embolization. It is also used as an adjunct in the prophylaxis of systemic embolism after myocardial infarction. Warfarin is also used as [...]

Warfarin

An anticoagulant that acts by inhibiting the synthesis of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Warfarin is indicated for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of venous thrombosis and its extension, pulmonary embolism, and atrial fibrillation with embolization. It is also used as an adjunct in the prophylaxis of systemic embolism after myocardial infarction. Warfarin is also used as [...]

Ward Romano Syndrome

An autosomal dominant LONG QT SYNDROME, without deafness.

War Neurosis

Neurotic reactions to unusual, severe, or overwhelming military stress.

War

Hostile conflict between organized groups of people.

Wangiella

A normally saprophytic mitosporic Chaetothyriales fungal genus. Infections in humans include phaeohyphomycosis, peritonitis, and chromoblastomycosis. Exophiala jeanselmei (previously Phialophora jeanselmei) is an etiological agent of maduromycosis.

Wampocap

A water-soluble vitamin of the B complex occurring in various animal and plant tissues. It is required by the body for the formation of coenzymes NAD and NADP. It has PELLAGRA-curative, vasodilating, and antilipemic properties.

Walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus 2

A genus in the family RETROVIRIDAE infecting fish. Species include Walleye dermal sarcoma virus, Walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus 1, and Walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus 2.