| Abbreviation
|
Meaning
|
| 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
|
| 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
|