Category: W
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Wet compress
Two or more folds of soft cloth wrung out of water at prescribed temperatures and covered with fabric.
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Wet colostomy
A colostomy in the right side of the colon. The drainage from this type of colostomy is liquid.
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Walk-in clinic
A general medical care clinic open to those who do not have an appointment.
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Wandering cell
A rarely used term for a cell (such as a macrophage) that moves like an ameba.
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Winged catheter
A catheter with little flaps at each side of the beak to help retain it in the bladder.
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White blood cell cast
A leukocyte cast found in urine in acute pyelonephritis, interstitial nephritis, and at times, glomerulonephritis.
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Waxy cast
A light yellowish, well-defined urinary cast probably made up of disintegrating kidney cells, found in some chronic kidney diseases, glomerulonephritis, and uncontrolled hypertension.
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Walking cast
A cast or boot that allows the patient to be ambulatory.
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Wax carver
A blunt instrument of varying shape to heat and carve or shape wax patterns.
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Wax burnout
Removal of an invested wax pattern from a mold by heating, thereby creating the mold space for casting metal.