Category: W

Writing a journal or diary to explore and record one’s feelings and thus to make progress toward desired psychological goals.  

A component of an upper-extremity prosthesis that attaches the terminal device to the forearm section and provides for pronation or supination.  

Dynamic splint used for functional grasp by individuals with C6 tetraplegia.  

An orthotic that uses the muscles of the wrist, especially the extensor muscles, to drive the fingers together into a grasping motion. It can be used by people with paralysis of the hand to improve the ability to hold on to and release objects.  

A ganglion of the superficial cardiac plexus, between the aortic arch and the pulmonary artery. Also called Wrisberg’s cardiac ganglion.  

A test of sensibility following complete transection of or damage to peripheral nerves based on the characteristic sympathetic response of skin following extended immersion in water.  

A combination of eosin and methylene blue used in staining blood cells to reveal malarial parasites and to differentiate white blood cells. A substance employed in laboratory settings to apply coloration to tissue samples, enabling their visual examination and analysis, is known as a histological stain. This chemical agent plays a crucial role in enhancing…

A covering, especially one that is wound tightly around an object, as an elastic wrap or a compression wrap.  

A technique used in plastic surgery to prevent contractures in straight-line scars. Either side of the wound edge is cut in the form of connected W’s, and the edges are sutured together in a zigzag fashion.  

Any technique that enhances the healing of skin abrasions, blisters, cracks, craters, infections, lacerations, necrosis, and/or ulcers.