Medical Abbreviations – W
Abbreviation
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Interpretation
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| W |
water |
|
wife |
|
widow |
|
wound |
|
watch |
|
week |
|
weight |
| WA |
when awake |
|
wide awake |
|
while awake |
|
water |
|
white adult |
|
work of adhesion |
|
with assistance |
| W&A |
weakness and atrophy |
|
WAB |
Western Aphasia Battery |
| WAC |
water absorption capacity |
|
wholesale acquistion cost |
|
weak affinity chromatography |
| WAF |
weakness, atrophy, and fasciculation |
|
white adult female |
| WAM |
white adult male |
| WAP |
wandering atrial pacemaker |
|
whey acid protein |
| WARI |
wheezing associated respiratory illness |
| WAS |
weekly activities summary |
|
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome |
| WAT |
word association test |
| WAZ |
weight-for-age Z scores |
| WB |
Western Blot |
|
weight bearing |
|
whole blood |
|
well-being |
|
work of breathing |
|
wheat bran |
| WBACT |
whole-blood activated clotting time |
| WBAT |
weight bearing as tolerated |
| WBC |
white blood cells |
|
well baby clinic |
|
warm blood cardioplegia |
|
white blood cell count |
| WBH |
whole body hyperthermia |
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whole-blood hematocrit |
|
weight-based heparin |
| WBI |
whole-bowel irrigation |
|
whole body irradiation |
|
Weight bearing index |
| WBN |
whole-blood nitrogen |
|
well-baby nursery |
| WBR |
whole-body radiation |
|
whole brain radiotherapy |
|
whole body retention |
| WBS |
Whole-body scanning |
|
Warner-Bratzler shear force |
|
Whole body scintigraphy |
|
weight bearing status |
|
Williams-Beuren Syndrome |
|
Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome |
| WBV |
whole blood volume |
|
whole brain volume |
| WC |
waist circumference |
|
wheel chair |
|
ward clerk |
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Water content |
|
white cells |
|
warm compress |
|
white count |
|
whooping cough |
|
work capacity |
| WCE |
work capacity evaluation |
|
white coat effect |
|
whole cell extract |
| WCS |
worst case scenario |
|
white clot syndrome |
| WCT |
wide-complex tachycardia |
| WCV |
whole cell vaccine |
|
within-subject coefficient of variation |
| WD |
well developed |
|
wound |
|
well differentiated |
|
Water deficit |
|
whipple's disease |
|
wet dressing |
|
Western diet |
|
walking distance |
|
ward |
|
withdrawal |
| W/D |
warm and dry |
| WDL |
well-differentiated liposarcoma |
|
within defined limits |
|
well-differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma |
| WDR |
wide dynamic range |
| WE |
Wernicke encephalopathy |
|
weight excess |
|
wide excision |
|
western encephalomyelitis |
|
wellness education |
|
wound entry |
| WF |
white female |
|
wedge factor |
|
Willebrand factor |
| W/F |
white female |
| WFI |
water for injection |
| WFL |
within functional limits |
| WH |
white |
|
well hydrated |
|
wound healing |
|
well healed |
|
warm humid |
| WI |
walk-in |
|
water intake |
|
wound infection |
|
warm ischemic |
|
weight index |
|
warm ischemia |
| WIA |
wounded in action |
| WID |
widow |
| WIP |
WASP-interacting protein |
|
work in progress |
| WIT |
warm ischemia time |
| WK |
week |
|
work |
|
Wernicke-Korsakoff |
| WL |
waiting list |
|
weight loss |
|
white light |
|
Wood's lamp |
|
wavelength |
|
water load |
| WLS |
weight-loss surgery |
| WM |
white male |
|
white matter |
|
warm, moist |
|
whole milk |
|
working memory |
|
wall motion |
|
weight maintenance |
| WMD |
weighted mean difference |
|
Weapon of Mass Destruction |
|
warm moist dressings |
| WMI |
wall motion index |
|
weighted mean index |
| WML |
white matter lesion(s) |
| WMP |
weight management program |
|
warm moist packs |
| WN |
well nourished |
|
West Nile (virus) |
| WND |
wound |
|
wilson's disease |
| WNL |
within normal limits |
| WNR |
within normal range |
| WO |
written order |
|
wide open |
|
wash out |
|
weeks old |
| WOB |
work of breathing |
| WPR |
written progress report |
| WRBC |
washed red blood cells |
| WRF |
worsening renal function |
| WRT |
with relation to |
| WS |
water-soluble |
|
ward secretary |
|
wall stress |
|
Waardenburg syndrome |
|
Werner syndrome |
| WT |
weight |
|
wild type |
|
waiting time |
|
wall thickness |
|
wilms tumor |
|
wavelet transformation |
|
walking test |
|
weight training |
| W/U |
work-up |
| WV |
walking velocity |
|
whole virus |
| WW |
watchful waiting |
|
wet weight |
|
white woman |
|
weight watchers |
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