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  • Witzel jejunostomy

    A jejunostomy created by inserting a rubber or silicone catheter into the jejunum and bringing it to the skin surface. Medication and feedings can be administered on a long-term basis.  

  • Fact witness

    A person who has knowledge of circumstances surrounding the events of the alleged incident in a complaint or petition for damages.  

  • Expert witness

    A qualified person who assists a judge and jury in understanding technical aspects of a lawsuit, such as breaches of the standard of care and damages or injuries sustained.  

  • Witness

    A person having knowledge or information about a particular subject or event.  

  • Witkop

    Matted crusts in the hair producing a scalp-like structure; seen in South African natives.  

  • Opiate perinatal withdrawal syndrome

    Intrauterine hyperactivity and increased oxygen consumption associated with opiate withdrawal in infants of addicted mothers. The syndrome places infants at increased risk for meconium aspiration pneumonia and transient tachypnea.  

  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

    An X-linked immune deficiency syndrome whose hallmarks are decreased resistance to infection, eczema, and thrombocytopenia. The number of T lymphocytes in the blood and lymph nodes declines, blood levels of immunoglobulin M class antibodies are reduced, and the response to many antigens is inadequate. If bone marrow transplant is unsuccessful, the patients die at a…

  • Wisconsin card sorting test

    A neuropsychiatric test in which subjects are asked to group a series of symbols by their form and color. The test and its adaptations are used to assess disorders that affect the frontal lobes of the brain, e.g., schizophrenia.  

  • Silver wiring

    Abnormal reflections of light seen on the ophthalmoscopic examination of the retina of persons with long-standing, uncontrolled hypertension.  

  • Pyriform wiring

    Wiring using the nasal bones to stabilize a fracture of the jaw. The wires are passed through the pyriform aperture of the nasal bone and then to the segment.  

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