List of medical abbreviations: W
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Abbreviation | Meaning |
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WAIS(-R) | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Revised) |
WAP | wandering atrial pacemaker (see multifocal atrial tachycardia) |
WAS | Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome |
WASP | Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein |
WAT | white adipose tissue |
WBAT | weight bearing as tolerated |
WBC | white blood cell white blood cell count |
WBI | whole bowel irrigation |
WBRT | whole-brain radiotherapy treatment |
WC | white cells or wheelchair or (surprisingly still used) water closet (bathroom) |
W/C | wheelchair |
WD | well developed |
WDL | within defined limits (as per hospital defined policy) |
WH | well hydrated (not dehydrated or hyperhydrated) |
WDWN | well developed and well nourished |
WEE | Western equine encephalitis virus |
WG | Wegener's granulomatosis (now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis) |
WISC-R | Wechsler intelligence scale for children revised |
WLE | Wide local excision |
WLS | Weight Loss Surgery |
WM | white matter |
WMA | wall motion abnormality (heart condition) |
WN | well nourished |
WNL | within normal limits (also: we never looked) |
W/O w/o |
without |
WOB | Work Of Breathing (as in "normal WOB") |
WOI | without incident |
WPW | Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome |
WS | Waardenburg syndrome Warkany syndrome water-soluble Werner syndrome West syndrome Williams syndrome Wolfram syndrome |
WSMW | women who have sex with men and women |
WSW | women who have sex with women |
wt | weight (whether human weight or otherwise) |
w/u | Workup |