List of medical abbreviations: W

Abbreviation Meaning
WAIS-RWechsler adult intelligence scale revised
WAPwandering atrial pacemaker (see multifocal atrial tachycardia)
WASWiskott–Aldrich syndrome
WASPWiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein
WATwhite adipose tissue
WBATweight bearing as tolerated
WBCwhite blood cell
white blood cell count
WBIwhole bowel irrigation
WBRTwhole-brain radiotherapy treatment
WCwhite cells or wheelchair or (surprisingly still used) water closet (bathroom)
W/Cwheelchair
WDwell developed
WDLwithin defined limits (as per hospital defined policy)
WHwell hydrated (not dehydrated or hyperhydrated)
WDWNwell developed and well nourished
WEEWestern equine encephalitis virus
WGWegener's granulomatosis (now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
WISC-RWechsler intelligence scale for children revised
WLEWide local excision
WLS Weight Loss Surgery
WMwhite matter
WMAwall motion abnormality (heart condition)
WNwell nourished
WNLwithin normal limits (also: we never looked)
W/O
w/o
without
WOBWork Of Breathing (as in "normal WOB")
WOIwithout incident
WPWWolff–Parkinson–White syndrome
WSWaardenburg syndrome
Warkany syndrome
water-soluble
Werner syndrome
West syndrome
Williams syndrome
Wolfram syndrome
wtweight (whether human weight or otherwise)
w/uWorkup
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