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This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. Source: public domain CRISP Thesaurus maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health [1] (http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/). Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...


Lists of biomedical topics: | # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z These are collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is a list of terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ... This is part of a collection of lists with the terms used in biological and medical research. ...


Waardenburg anophthalmia syndrome -- Waardenburg syndrome -- WAF1 CIP1 -- WAIS (wide area information server) -- wakefulness -- Waldenstrom's disease -- Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia -- Wales -- Walker carcinoma 256 -- walking -- wallaby -- Wallal virus -- wallerian degeneration -- walrus -- WAN (wide area network) -- Wangiella dermatitidis -- war -- warbler -- ward -- warfarin -- warm antibody hemolytic anemia -- Warrego virus -- wart -- wart virus -- wasp -- waste disposal -- waste treatment -- wasting -- Watasenia luciferin 2 monooxygenase -- water -- water channel -- water conservation -- water drinking behavior -- water electrolyte balance therapy -- water environment -- water flea -- water flow -- water microbiology -- water mold -- water organism -- water pollution -- water pollution control -- water quality -- water sampling -- water solubility -- water solution -- water supply -- water testing -- water transporter -- water treatment -- wave (radiation) -- wax -- waxy flexibility -- WBC (white blood cell) -- weaning -- weanling animal -- weasel -- weather -- WEE virus -- weed pollen -- weed pollen allergy -- Wegener's granulomatosis -- weight control -- weight control agent -- weight gain -- weight loss -- Weils Disease -- welfare -- welfare (mental health) -- welfare assistance -- well being -- Wellbutrin -- Wellferon -- Werdnig Hoffmann disease -- Werdnig Hoffmann paralysis -- Wermer syndrome -- Werner's syndrome -- Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome -- West Indies -- West New Guinea -- West Nile virus -- western blotting -- western equine encephalitis -- western equine encephalitis virus -- western equine encephalomyelitis -- western equine encephalomyelitis virus -- Westphal pseudosclerosis -- Westphal Strumpell disease -- wet brain -- wet lung -- wet scrubber -- whale -- Whataroa virus -- wheal -- wheat -- wheelchair -- whiplash -- Whipple's disease -- whiskers -- white adipose tissue -- white American -- white coat hypertension -- white footed mouse -- white matter -- white muscle disease -- white race -- white rot fungus -- WHO -- whole body blood replacement -- whole body imaging -- whole body irradiation dosage -- whole body irradiation effect -- whole body radionuclide scanning -- whole body scanning -- whooping cough -- WI 38 cell -- widowhood -- wife -- wild animal -- wild bird -- Williams Barratt syndrome -- Williams Beuren syndrome -- Williams syndrome -- Wilms' tumor -- Wilson Mikity syndrome -- Wilson's disease -- windpipe -- wine -- wireless biomedical equipment -- wisdom tooth -- Wiskott Aldrich syndrome -- Wiskott syndrome -- witch doctor -- wolf -- Wolff Parkinson White syndrome -- Wolfram syndrome -- Wolinella -- Wolman xanthomatosis -- Wolman's disease -- woman health professional -- womb -- women's health -- women's rights -- women's rights group -- woodchuck -- woodchuck hepatitis B virus -- woods -- woolly monkey -- woolly monkey sarcoma virus -- work -- work environment -- work place -- work setting -- work site -- working memory -- workmen's compensation -- workshop -- World Health Organization -- World Trade Center disaster -- world wide web -- wortmannin -- wound -- wound cleaning -- wound healing -- wound infection -- wound tumor virus -- wrist -- WRSV virus -- wryneck -- WT1 protein -- Wuchereria -- WWW -- WWW (world wide web) -- Waardenburg syndrome is an inherited disorder associated with hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigmentation. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English and Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS... Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling. ... For the Australian national Rugby Union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, see Australia national rugby union team. ... Wallerian degeneration is a form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; - so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850. ... Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ... War is conflict, between relatively large groups of people, which involves physical force inflicted by the use of weapons. ... There are three groups of passerine birds, order Passeriformes, which are called warblers. ... A ward is a department in a hospital or similar such institution. ... Warfarin (also known under the brand name Coumadin®) is an anticoagulant medication that can be administered orally. ... A wart is a generally small, rough, cauliflower-like growth, typically on hands and feet. ... WASP (an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) is a term that originally denoted the culture, customs, and heritage of the American élite Establishment. ... Waste management is literally the process of managing waste materials (normally those produced as a result of human activities). ... Sewage treatment is the process that removes the majority of the contaminants from waste-water or sewage and produces both a liquid effluent suitable for disposal to the natural environment and a sludge. ... In medical circles, wasting refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to waste away. ... Water (from the Anglo-Saxon and Low German wæter) is a colourless, tasteless, and odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is the most universal solvent. ... A water channel is an experimental tank for studying resistance and propulsion behaviour of ships, submarines, or other sea vessels. ... Water resources are sources of water that are useful to human beings for drinking, recreation, irrigation, livestock production, industry, etc. ... Families Suborder Anomopoda Daphniidae Moinidae Bosminidae Macrothricidae Chydoridae Suborder Ctenopoda Sididae Holopedidae Suborder Onychopoda Polyphemidae Cercopagidae Podonidae Suborder Haplopoda Leptodoridae Daphnia are members of the order Cladocera. ... Orders Lagenidiales Leptomitales Peronosporales Pythiales Rhipidiales Saprolegniales Sclerosporales Water moulds or Oomycetes are a group of filamentous protists, physically resembling fungi. ... Water pollution has many sources and characteristics. ... To most people not professionally involved in water quality issues, water is either drinkable (technically potable) or contains potentially harmful or toxic substances. ... A water supply system provides water to the locations that need it. ... See Sewage treatment for the treatment of wastewater. ... Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees (beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs. ... A breastfeeding infant Breastfeeding is the practice of a woman feeding an infant (or sometimes a toddler or a young child) with milk produced from her mammary glands, usually directly from the nipples. ... Alternate uses: Weasel (disambiguation) Species Mustela africana Mustela altaica Mustela erminea Mustela eversmannii Mustela felipei Mustela frenata Mustela kathiah Mustela lutreola Mustela lutreolina Mustela nigripes Mustela nivalis Mustela nudipes Mustela putorius Mustela sibirica Mustela strigidorsa Mustela vison Weasels are mammals in the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. ... Composite satellite image showing the progress of a hurricane weather system approaching the east coast of America Weather comprises all the various phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet. ... In medicine (rheumatology), Wegeners granulomatosis is a form of vasculitis that affects the lungs, kidneys and other organs. ... This article or section should be merged with Birth control pill Weight Gain When Taking The Pill When starting to take the birth contol pill some people may expierence slight weight gain. ... In the context of physical health, weight loss is the process of losing body weight, usually by losing fat. ... Welfare has four main meanings. ... Bupropion (amfebutamone) is an antidepressant of the aminoketone class, chemically unrelated to tricyclics or SSRIs. ... Werner syndrome is a very rare, autosomal recessive disorder whose most recognizable characteristic is premature aging. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... This article or section should be merged with Papua (Indonesian province) Map showing West New Guinea region The region of West New Guinea is the western half of the island of New Guinea or Papua, and has also been known as Irian Jaya or West Papua. ... West Nile virus is a newly emergent virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropical and temperate regions. ... Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic placental mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp) is a grass that is cultivated around the world. ... Wheelchair seating A wheelchair is a device used for mobility by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible, due to illness or disability. ... Alternate meanings: Whiplash (game) is a video game. ... Whipples disease is a rare disease caused by the bacteria Thropheryma whipplei. ... There are several kinds of whisker: For a hair, significant for sensing the surroundings, on the face of a mammal, see vibrissa. ... Arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. ... White matter is one of two categories of tissue in the nervous system. ... The term Caucasian race has in time acquired somewhat different meanings in different contexts. ... Who can refer to: WHO, World Health Organization The Who, a British rock band The Guess Who, a Canadian rock band who (pronoun), an English language interrogative pronoun. ... Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ... Wild, in zoology or botany, is a rough if problematic antonym to domesticated: see wildlife. ... Williams syndrome (Williams-Beuren syndrome) is a rare genetic disorder, occurring in fewer than 1 in every 20,000 live births. ... Wilms tumor is a neoplasm of the kidneys that typically occurs in children. ... Wilsons disease is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease, with an incidence of about 1 in 30,000. ... The trachea (IPA treik-i-a), or windpipe, is a tube extending from the larynx to the bronchi in mammals, and from the pharynx to the syrinx in birds, carrying air to the lungs. ... A glass of red wine This article is about the beverage. ... Wisdom teeth are third molars that usually appear between the ages of 18 and 20 (although they may appear when older, or fail to appear at all). ... A witch doctor often refers to healers in primitive regions of the world or highly developed ones that believe in the healing power of magic as opposed to science or developed medicine. ... Binomial name Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 The Wolf or Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) is a mammal of the Canidae family and the ancestor of the domestic dog. ... Wolfram syndrome, also called DIDMOAD (Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy, and Deafness), is a rare genetic disorder, causing diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy The uterus or womb is the major female reproductive organ of most mammals, including humans. ... Feminism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on and motivated by the experiences of women. ... This article is about the mammal. ... Woods may refer to: woodland or forest types of wood a category of golf clubs Various notable people have the surname Woods: Don Woods, computer programmer George David Woods, USA banker and World Bank President George Lemuel Woods, USA Oregon State and Utah Territory governor James Woods, actor Jermaine Woods... Species Lagothrix lagotricha Lagothrix cana Lagothrix lugens Lagothrix poeppigii The woolly monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. ... In physics, work is the energy transferred in applying force over a distance. ... Workplace means a place (whether or not within or forming part of a building, structure, or vehicle) where any person is to work, is working, for the time being works, or customarily works, for gain or reward; and in relation to an employee, includes a place, or part of a... In cognitive psychology, working memory is the collection of structures and processes within the brain used for temporarily storing and manipulating information (although the manipulation of working memory contents is increasingly being seen as attributable to executive function). ... A workshop is a room or smaller building which contains tools and/or machinery for making or repairing things. ... For other meanings of the acronym WHO, see WHO (disambiguation) WHO flag Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health. ... Graphic representation of the world wide web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW, or simply Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). ... A wound is a physical trauma where the skin is torn, cut or punctured. ... In human anatomy, the wrist is the flexible and narrower connection between the forearm and the hand. ... Species The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. ... Graphic representation of the world wide web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW, or simply Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). ...



 

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