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1. sarcine - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

     sar'cine. i. Hypoxanthin. 3 A packet of cocci of the genus Sarcina.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

     sarcine (sar'sin) . A cube composed of eight bacterial cells (sarcine of the first power), or of sixty-four cells (sarcine of the second power), produced by the division of certain cocci.

   • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

     sar'cine. i. Hypoxanthin. 3 A packet of cocci of the genus Sarcina.

2. scleroconjunctivitis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

     scleroconjunctivitis (skle-ro-kon-junk-ti-vi'-tis).

3. sclerophthalmia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

     sclerophthalmia (sklt-roff-thal'-me-ah) . Xerophthalmia.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

     sclerophthalmia (skle-rof-thal'me-ah) . The condition in which, from imperfect differentiation of the sclera and cornea, the former encroaches on the latter, so that only the central part of the cornea remains clear.

4. screatus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

     screatus (skre-a'-tus) . i. A hawking. 2. A neurosis characterized by paroxysms of hawking.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

     screatus (skre-a'tus) Hawking. screen i. A thin sheet of any substance used to shield an object from any influence, such as heat, light, ap-rays, etc. 2. A sheet upon which a picture is projected, fluores'cent s., a s. coated with crystals of calcium tungstate used in the fluoroscope.

   • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

     screatus (skre-a'tus). A paroxysmal !u»«' ing due to psychoneurosis.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

     screatus (skre-a'tus) . Paroxysmal hawking and snorting, due to neurosis.

   • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

     screatus (skre-a'tus) Hawking. screen i. A thin sheet of any substance used to shield an object from any influence, such as heat, light, ap-rays, etc. 2. A sheet upon which a picture is projected, fluores'cent s., a s. coated with crystals of calcium tungstate used in the fluoroscope.

5. sideration - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

     sideration (sid-er-a'-shun) [sideratto, blight produced by thestarsj. i. Apoplexy, a. Gangrene. 3Lightning-stroke. 4. Therapeutic application of electric sparks.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

     sidera'tion Any sudden attack, as of apoplexy.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

     sideration (sid-er-a'shun). Therapeutic application of electric sparks.

   • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

     sidera'tion Any sudden attack, as of apoplexy.

6. sidonal - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

     si'donal. Piperazin quinate. new a., the anhydride of quimc acid proposed as a substitute for the original sidonal

   • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

     sidonal (si'don-al). Piperazin quinate, (Ci»HaiN=0,i). It is said to be useful in the treatment of gout.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

     sidonal (sid'on-al). Piperazin quinate, a white powder, soluble in water. It is a uric-acid solvent. Dose, is-jogr. (1-2 gm.). news., quinic acid anhydrid: used like sidonal.

   • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

     si'donal. Piperazin quinate. new a., the anhydride of quimc acid proposed as a substitute for the original sidonal

7. sigmoidostomy - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

     sigmoidostomy (sig-moid-os'-to-me) [sigmoido-; *r£fjn, mouth). The formation of an artificial anus in the sigmoid flexure of the colon.

   • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

     sigmoidos'tomy Establishment of an artificial anus by opening into the sigmoid colon.

   • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

     sigmoidos'tomy Establishment of an artificial anus by opening into the sigmoid colon.

8. skatoxyl - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
   • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

     skatoxyl (skai-oks'-il) [p (tricar-), dung; A£fo, acid). A product of the oxidation of skatol. It ia obtained from the urine in cases of disease of the large intestine.

   • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

     skatoxyl (ska-toks'il). Syn.: methyl indoxyl. The radicle, CHaCsHsN; an oxidation product of skatol, found in large amounts in the urine of patients affected with disease of the large intestine, s. sulphuric acid. See under acid.

9. sodor - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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     sodor (so'-dor). The proprietary name for capsules of liquid carbonic acid for preparation of carbonated beverages.

   • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

     so'dor. A Swiss apparatus for the instantaneous impregnation of liquids with carbon dioxid, similar to the "sparklet" apparatus.

10. sofos - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sofos (so'fos). A proprietary mixture of sodium dihydrogen phosphate and sodium hydrogen carbonate rendered stable by coating the particles of one of the constituents with disodium hydrogen phosphate When treated with water, sodium phosphate is formed and carbon dioxid is set free.

11. somatogenic - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      somatogenic (so-mat-o-jen'-ik) . Pertaining to somatogeny.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      somatogenic (so"mah-to-jen'ik) fG. s6ma(sonat-}, body, + -genis.} Originating in the soma or body under the influence of external forces.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      somatogenic (so"mah-to-jen'ik) fG. s6ma(sonat-}, body, + -genis.} Originating in the soma or body under the influence of external forces.

12. spargosis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spargosis (spar-go'-sis) , i. Enlargement of a part. 2. Enlargement of the breasts from accumulation of milk. 3. Elephantiasis.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spargo'sis i Distention of the breasts with milk. 2. Swelling or thickening of the skin.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spargo'sis i Distention of the breasts with milk. 2. Swelling or thickening of the skin.

13. spasmus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spasmus (spaz'-mus) , A spasm. s. bronchialis. Synonym of bronchial asthma, s. cynicus, spasmodic contraction of muscles on both sides of the mouth, giving a grinning expression, s. glottidis, spasm of the glottis or larynx, laryngismus atridulus. s. intestinorum. Synonym of enter algia. B. muscularis. Synonym of cramp, s. nictitans, spasmodic action of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle, causing a winking-like movement of the lid. s. nutans, salaam convulsions, nodding spasm, s. oculi. Synonym of nystagmus. B. ventriculi. Synonym of enteralgia and of gastrodynia.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spas'mus Spasm. B. ag'itans, paralysis agitans. a. cani'nus, risus sardonicus. s. coordina'tus, compulsive movements, such as imitative or mimic tics, festination, etc. 8. glott'idis, laryngismus stridulus. a. nic'titans, nictitating spasm. B. nu'tans, nodding spasm.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spas'mus Spasm. B. ag'itans, paralysis agitans. a. cani'nus, risus sardonicus. s. coordina'tus, compulsive movements, such as imitative or mimic tics, festination, etc. 8. glott'idis, laryngismus stridulus. a. nic'titans, nictitating spasm. B. nu'tans, nodding spasm.

14. spermatogone - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      spermatogone (sper'mat-o-gfln). Spermatogonium.

15. spermatoid - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spermatoid (sper'-mat-oid). See spermatozoon.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sper'matoid i. Resembling semen. 2. Sperma tozoid.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      spermatoid (spe^mat-oid) , i. Resembling semen. 2. A male or flagellated form of the malarial microparasitc.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sper'matoid i. Resembling semen. 2. Sperma tozoid.

16. sphacelism - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sphacelism (sfas'-el-itm) , i. The condition of being affected with sphacelus. a. Necrosis. 3. Inflammation of the brain.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sphacelism (sfas'e-lizm). Sphacelation.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sphacelism (sfas'e-lizm). Sphacelation.

17. sphacelous - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sphacelous (sfas'-el-us) \aa*t\ot, gangrene]. Pertaining to sphacelus; gangrenous; necrosed.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sphacelous (sfas'e-lus). Necrotic, gangrenous, sloughing.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sphacelous (sfas'e-lus). Necrotic, gangrenous, sloughing.

18. sphenopetrosal - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sphenopetrosal (sfe-no-pe-tro'-sal) [spheno-; rirpa, mi k.|. Pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the petrous portion of the temporal bone.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sphenopetrosal (sfe"no-pe-tro'sal). Pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the petrosa.

19. sphygmoid - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sphygmoid (sfi^'-moid) . Resembling or having the nature of continuous pulsation.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sphyg'moid Resembling the pulse, pulse-like.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sphyg'moid Resembling the pulse, pulse-like.

20. sphygmology - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sphygmology (sfig-mol'-o-je) . The branch of medicine dealing with the characters of the pulse.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sphygmology (sfiR-mol'o-je) [Gr. ,.,-i.-, u/., pulse + \ii~im treatise). The sum of what is known regarding the pulse.

21. spider-web - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spi'der-web. Tela aranea, formerly used as a hemostatic.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spi'der-web. Tela aranea, formerly used as a hemostatic.

22. spigelian - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      spigelian (spi-jele-an) Noting a lobule of the liver (named after A. van der Spiefel, or Spigelius, a Flemish anatomist, 1558-1625)—the Ipbulus spigelii. It is the smallest lobe of the liver, projecting from the posterior part of the under surface of the right lobe.

23. spilus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      spilus (spi'-lus) . A mole or colored mark on the skin; nevus.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spi'lus Naevus.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spi'lus Naevus.

24. spinalis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spinalis (spi-naf-lis) . I. Spinal. 2. A muscle attached to the spinous processes of the vertebrae; see under muscle.

25. spindle-tree - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spin'dle-tree. Euonymus.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spin'dle-tree. Euonymus.

26. spinitis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spinitis (spi-ni'-tis). See myelitis.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spinitis (spi-ni'(ne')tis). i. Myelitis. 2. Pott's* disease, spondylitis.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spinitis (spi-ni'(ne')tis). i. Myelitis. 2. Pott's* disease, spondylitis.

27. spirillosis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spirillosis (spir-il-o'-sis). i. Any affection due to

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spirillosis (spi-ril-lo'sis). Any disease caused by the presence of spirilla in the blood or tissues.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      spirillosis (spi-ril-o'sis). i. Any diseased condition attended or marked by the presence of spirilla in the body. 2. A disease of fowls marked by diarrhea, fever, malaise, and death in a few days. It is caused by a spirillum transmitted by ticks of the genus Argas.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spirillosis (spi-ril-lo'sis). Any disease caused by the presence of spirilla in the blood or tissues.

28. spirochetosis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spirochetosis (spi-ro-ke-U/-sis). An infection caused by Spirochete.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spirochetosis (spi-ro-ke-to'sis) Any disease caused by a spirochete, such as syphilis, bronchopul'monary B., hemorrhagic bronchitis, Castellani's bronchitis, a bronchitis marked by severe cough and frequent hemor.rhages, caused by the presence in large number of Spirochata bronchialis. gas'tric a., grasssickness, s. arthrit'ica, a painful joint affection due apparently to the pathogenic action of a spirochete, 5. forans. a. icterohemorrhag'ica, acute infectious jaundice, Weil's* disease.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spirochetosis (spi-ro-ke-to'sis) Any disease caused by a spirochete, such as syphilis, bronchopul'monary B., hemorrhagic bronchitis, Castellani's bronchitis, a bronchitis marked by severe cough and frequent hemor.rhages, caused by the presence in large number of Spirochata bronchialis. gas'tric a., grasssickness, s. arthrit'ica, a painful joint affection due apparently to the pathogenic action of a spirochete, 5. forans. a. icterohemorrhag'ica, acute infectious jaundice, Weil's* disease.

29. spiroid - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      spiroid (spi'roid). Resembling a spiral.

30. splenunculus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      splenunculus (splen-ttng'-kfi-lus). Accessory

31. splint-bone - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      splint-bone. The second or fourth small metacarpal bones of the horse.

32. spongioblast - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      spongioblast (spun'-je-o-Uast) [sponge; 0Xcelts, amatrine.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spongioblast (spun'jT-o-blast) I. Amacrine* cell. 2. A primitive neuroglia cell, one of the layer of columnar cells in the neural tube.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spongioblast (spun'jT-o-blast) I. Amacrine* cell. 2. A primitive neuroglia cell, one of the layer of columnar cells in the neural tube.

33. spongioid - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      spongioid (spun1-je-oid) . Spongiform.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      spon'gioid Spongiform,

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      spon'gioid Spongiform,

34. sputamentum - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sputamen'tum. Sputum.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sputamentum (spu-tah-men'tum) . Sputum.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sputamen'tum. Sputum.

35. staphisagria - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      staphisagria (staf-is-ag'-re-ah) [oTcufiti, a dried grape; Aypux, wild). Stavesacre. The staphisagria of the U.S. P. is the ripe seed of Delphinium slaphisagria, of the order Ranunculacece. It contains the alkaloids delphinine, CsiHrNO»,t C«HisNiOr, dclphisine, CjrH«N:O4, and staphisagrine, CuHijNOi. It has been used locally as an application in rheumatism, and as an ointment to destroy lice and itch-mites, s., fluidextract of (fluidextractum staphisagria, U. S. P.). Dose i min. (0.06 Cc.).

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      staphisagria (staf-is-a'grf-ah) (U.S.) StaphisagrUe semina (Br.). Stavesacre, larkspur; the dried ripe seed of Delphinium staphisagria, a plant of southern Europe; employed locally for the destruction of pediculi and in scabies.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      staphisagria (staf-is-a'grf-ah) (U.S.) StaphisagrUe semina (Br.). Stavesacre, larkspur; the dried ripe seed of Delphinium staphisagria, a plant of southern Europe; employed locally for the destruction of pediculi and in scabies.

36. staphisagrine - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      staphisagrine (sta-Jis-a'-gren) . An amorphous alkaloid obtained from staphisagria.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      staphis'agrine. An alkaloid, C>SH,,NO,, or a mixture of alkaloids, from staphisagria; it is said to be an antidote to strophanthin.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      staphis'agrine. An alkaloid, C>SH,,NO,, or a mixture of alkaloids, from staphisagria; it is said to be an antidote to strophanthin.

37. staphylinus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      staphylinus (staf-il-i'-nus) . i. Palatal. 2. See 5. medius, s. ezternus, the tensor palati. s. internus, the levator palati. s. medius, the azygos uvulae muscle. See under muscle.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      staphyli'nus. See under musculus.

    • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

      staphylinus (sta-fi-li'nus). See table of muscles, under muscle.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      staphyli'nus. See under musculus.

38. staphylolysin - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      staphylolysin '(staf-il-ol'-if-in) . Neisser and Wechsberg's narr.e for a hemoiysin produced by Staphylococcus aureus and 5. albus.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      staphylol'ysin. i. An hemolysin excreted by a Staphylococcus. 2. An antibody causing lysis of staphylococci.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      staphylol'ysin. i. An hemolysin excreted by a Staphylococcus. 2. An antibody causing lysis of staphylococci.

39. stasibasiphobia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stasibasiphobia (sta-se-ba-se-fo'-be-aK) . A peculiar fear in consequence of which the act of walking or of standing becomes impossible.

40. stasimorphy - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stasimorphy \stas'-e-mor-fe) . Deviation from the normal from arrest of development.

41. stasiphobia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stasiphobia (stas-i-fo'-be-ak) . Fear of standing upright.

42. statuvolence - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      statuvolence (stat-u'vo-lens) [L. sta'tus state + vo'lens willing). A voluntary self-induced state of hypnotism.

43. steatolysis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      steatolysis (ste-at-ol'-is-is) . The emulsifying process by which fats are prepared for absorption and assimilation.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      steatolysis (ste-a-tol'1-sis) The hydrolysis or emulsion of fat in the process of digestion.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      steatolysis (ste-a-tol'1-sis) The hydrolysis or emulsion of fat in the process of digestion.

44. stenosed - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stenosed (sten-ozd'). Narrowed, contracted, strictured.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      stenosed (ste-nozd'). Affected with stenosis or constriction.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stenosed (sten-ozd'). Narrowed, contracted, strictured.

45. stercoral - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stercoral (ster'-ko-raV). See stercoraceous.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      ster'coral. Stercoraceous, stercorous. 8. ulcer, an ulcer of the colon caused by the pressure of inspissated fecal masses.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      ster'coral. Stercoraceous, stercorous. 8. ulcer, an ulcer of the colon caused by the pressure of inspissated fecal masses.

46. stercorolith - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      stercorolith (ster'ko-ro-lith) . Same as fecaiith.

47. sterisol - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sterisol (ster'-is-ol). A preparation containing sugar of milk, 2.98 parts; sodium chloride, 0.672 part,potassium phosphate,0.322 part;formaldehyde, 0.520 part; water, 95.506 parts. Used as an antiseptic in infectious diseases. •

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sterisol (ster^is-ol). Formaldehyd, sodium phosphate, etc., in a solution of milk-sugar: an antiseptic, sternad (ster'nad). Toward the sternal surface or

48. sternad - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sternad (ster'-nad) . Toward the sternal aspect.

49. sternalgia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      sternalgia (ster-nal'-je-ah) . Pain in the sternum.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sternalgia (stur-nal'jt-ah) Pain in the sternum or the sternal region, sternodynia.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sternalgia (ster-nal'je-ah) . Pain in the sternum; angina pectons.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sternalgia (stur-nal'jt-ah) Pain in the sternum or the sternal region, sternodynia.

50. stethophone - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stethophone (steth'-o-fdn) . Stethoscope.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      stethophone'(steth'o-f6n) Stethoscope.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      stethophone (steth'o-ffln) . A term proposed as a more accurate word for stethoscope.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stethophone'(steth'o-f6n) Stethoscope.

51. stichochrome - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stichochrome (stik'-o-kr6m) . Applied by Nisslto a somatochrptne nervecell in which the chromophilic substance is arranged in striee running in the same direction and usually parallel with the contour of the cell-body, partly also with the surface of the nucleus. Cf. arkyostichochrome.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      stichochrome (stik'o-krom) Noting a nerve-cell in which the tigroid mass, or stainable material, is arranged in roughly parallel rows or lines.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      stichochrome (sti'ko-krOm) [Gr. orivn row (\)iu'(j« color). Any nerve-cell having the stain;;Mr substance (chromophilic bodies) arranged in more or less regular strue or layers.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stichochrome (stik'o-krom) Noting a nerve-cell in which the tigroid mass, or stainable material, is arranged in roughly parallel rows or lines.

52. stigmal - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stigmal (stig'-mal) . Pertaining to a stigma.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      stig'mal. Stigmatic.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      stigmal (stig'mal). Pertaining to a stigma.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stig'mal. Stigmatic.

53. stillicidium - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
    • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)

      stillicidium (slil-is-id'-e-um) . The flow of a liquid drop by drop, s. lacrimarum, overflow of tears from obstruction of the canaliculus or nasal duct; epiphora, s. narium, ooryza. 8. urine, dribbling of urine.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      stillicidium (stil-I-sidl-um) A dripping, dribbling, or falling of a liquid drop by drop. a. lacrima'rum, epiphora, a. na'rium, the discharge of watery mucus in the early stages of coryza. B. uri'n.T, incontinence of urine in cases of distended bladder; strangury.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      stillicidium (stil-is-id'e-um) [L. stil'la drop + ca'dere to fall), i. A dribbling or flowing by drops. 2. Epiphora. 8. lacrima'rum, epiphora. 8. na'rium, coryza. s. uri'nte, strangury.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stillicidium (stil-I-sidl-um) A dripping, dribbling, or falling of a liquid drop by drop. a. lacrima'rum, epiphora, a. na'rium, the discharge of watery mucus in the early stages of coryza. B. uri'n.T, incontinence of urine in cases of distended bladder; strangury.

54. stillingin - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stillingin (stil-in'jin). i. An alkaloid from Stillin'giconcentration prepared from Stillin'gia lylval'ica. Dose, 1-4 gr. (0.066-0.266 gm.).

55. stomacace - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stomacace (sto-mak'-as-e) Canker of the mouth. Fetor of the mouth with ulcerated gums, also scorbutic sore-mouth.

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      stomacace (sto-mak'a-se). Stomatocace.

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      stomacace (sto-mak'as-e) . Ulcerative stomatitis.

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      stomacace (sto-mak'a-se). Stomatocace.

56. stovaine - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stovaine (sto-van'), CuHaNOiHCl. Amylene hydrochloride. A local anesthetic, also used in spinal anesthesia.

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      stovaine (sto'vah-een). A local anesthetic, used especially to induce intraspinal anesthesia, ia injections of gr. J—} (0.015-0.045); chemically it is benzoyl-ethyldimethyl-aminopropanol hydr> chloride.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stovaine (sto'vah-een). A local anesthetic, used especially to induce intraspinal anesthesia, ia injections of gr. J—} (0.015-0.045); chemically it is benzoyl-ethyldimethyl-aminopropanol hydr> chloride.

57. strabometer - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      strabometer (strab-om'-et-er) [strabismus; M*rpor. measure). An instrument for the measurement of the deviation of the eyes in strabismus.

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      strabom'eter. Strabismometer.

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      strabometer (stra-bom'et-er). See ftrMsmomcla.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      strabom'eter. Strabismometer.

58. streptothricosis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      streptothricosis (strep-to-thrik-o'-sis). Infection with streptothrix.

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      streptothrico'sis. i. An infectious disease caused by one or more species of Streptothrix; it is marked by a chronic suppurative inflammation, the pus containing granules composed chiefly of colonies of the causal microorganism, a. Actinomycosis.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      streptothricosis (strep-to-thri-ko'sis). Infection with streptothrix; a chronic disease marked by pulmonary consolidation, cassation, and cavity formation, with a tendency toward metastasis to other viscera and to the lymph-nodes.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      streptothrico'sis. i. An infectious disease caused by one or more species of Streptothrix; it is marked by a chronic suppurative inflammation, the pus containing granules composed chiefly of colonies of the causal microorganism, a. Actinomycosis.

59. stricturotomy - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stricturotomy (strik-tu-rot'-o-me) . The operation of incising a stricture.

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      stricturot'omy Surgical division of a stricture.

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      stricturotomy (strik-tu-rot'c-me). The cutting of a stricture.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stricturot'omy Surgical division of a stricture.

60. strumectomy - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      strumectomy (stroo-mek'-to-mt) . Excision of an enlarged or strumous gland, or of a goiter.

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      strumectomy (stru-mek'to-m!) I. Excision of a scrofulous gland. 3. Surgical removal of all or a portion of a goitrous tumor.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      strumectomy (stru-mek'to-m!) I. Excision of a scrofulous gland. 3. Surgical removal of all or a portion of a goitrous tumor.

61. strumiform - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      strumiform (stroo'-mif-orm) . Having the appearance of struma.

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      strumiform (stru'mi-form) I. Resembling scrofula. 2. Resembling a goiter.

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      strumiform (stru'mif-orm) . Resembling struma.

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      strumiform (stru'mi-form) I. Resembling scrofula. 2. Resembling a goiter.

62. strychninization - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      strychninization (strik-nin-it-a'-shun) , The condition produced by large doses of strychnine or nux vomica.

63. strychninize - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      strychninize (strik'nen-Iz). To bring under the influence of strychnine.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      strychninize (strik'nen-Iz). To bring under the influence of strychnine.

64. stylostixis - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stylostixis (sli-lo-stiks'-is). See acupuncture.

65. stype - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      stype (sup or sli-pe) . A tampon or pledget, especially such as is used in producing local anesthesia.

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      stype A tampon.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      stype A tampon.

66. subalimentation - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      subalimentation (sub-al-im-en-ta'shun). InsufIh »/ni nourishment.

67. subanconeus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      subanconeus (sub-an-ko-ne'-us). See under muscle.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      subanconeus (sub-an-ko-ne'us). See muscles, table of.

68. subbrachial - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      subbrachial (sub-bra'ke-al). Beneath the brachium (in cerebral anatomy).

69. subcrureus - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      subcrureus (sub-kroo-re'-us). See under muscle.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      subcrureus (sub-kru-re'us). See muscles, table of.

70. succenturiate - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      succenturiate (suk-sen-tu'rt-at) Substituting, accessory s. kidney, adrenal, or suprarenal body. s. placen'ta, an accessory or supernumerary placenta.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      succenturiate (suk-sen-tu'rt-at) Substituting, accessory s. kidney, adrenal, or suprarenal body. s. placen'ta, an accessory or supernumerary placenta.

71. succinol - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      succinol (suk'sin-ol) Refined oil of amber, employed, like other tar oils, in the treatment of various skin diseases.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      succinol (suk'sin-ol). Purified amber tar-oil, used in eczema, pruritus, and psoriasis.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      succinol (suk'sin-ol) Refined oil of amber, employed, like other tar oils, in the treatment of various skin diseases.

72. succinum - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      succinum (suk-si'-num) . Amber, a fossil resin found in the alluvial deposits of Central Europe, and thought to be derived from an extinct species of pine. It contains a volatile oil, oUum succini. used in hysteria, whooping-cough, amenorrhea. and locally as a rubefacient in chronic rheumatism, whooping-cough, and infantile convulsions. Dose 5-15 min. (0.32-1.0 Cc.).

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      succinum (suk'se-num) Amber, a fossil resin; a volatile oil obtained by its destructive distillation is sometimes used in medicine; see oleum succini.

    • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

      succinum (suk'sin-um). Amber. See ambra. oleum sued id. 1. Crude oil of amber, produced by the dry distillation of amber. 2. Of the U. S. Ph., 1880, rectified oil of amber. It was used as an excitant and antispasmodic in flatulent dyspepsia.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      succinum (suk'sin-um). Latin for amber.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      succinum (suk'se-num) Amber, a fossil resin; a volatile oil obtained by its destructive distillation is sometimes used in medicine; see oleum succini.

73. sulpho-acid - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sulpho-acid (sul-fo-as'id). An acid in which sulphur displaces carbon or oxygen.

74. sulpho-urea - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sulpho-urea (sul-fo-u're-ah). Same as tkio-urea.

75. sulphocarbolate - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sulphocarbolate (sul-fo-kar*-bo-Mi) [sulphur; carbolic}. A salt of sulphocarbolic acid.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sulphocar'bolate. A salt of sulphocarbolic acid.

    • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

      sulphocarbolate (sul-fo-kar'bo-lat). A salt of sulphocarbolic acid.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sulphocarbolate (surfo-kar'bo-lat). Any salt of sulphocarbolic acid.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sulphocar'bolate. A salt of sulphocarbolic acid.

76. sulphohydrate - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sulphohy'drate. Sulphydrate.

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      sulphohydrate (sul-fo-hi'drat). Sulphydrate.

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      sulphohy'drate. Sulphydrate.

77. sulphurine - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sulphurine (sul'-fu-rln). A preparation of some of the higher sulphides of sodium and potassium with sulphur.

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      sulphurine (sul'fur-en). A mixture ' sodium and potassium sulphids with »*" phur.

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      sulphurine (sul'fu-rln). A proprietary combination of certain of the higher sulphids of sodium and potassium with sulphur.

78. superacidity - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      superacidity (su-per-as-id'-it-e). See hyperacidity.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      superacid'ity. Hyperacidity, an excess of acid; specifically excessive acidity of the gastric juice, hyperchlorhydria.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      superacidity (su"per-as-id'it-e). Increase of the normal acidity of the gastric secretion.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      superacid'ity. Hyperacidity, an excess of acid; specifically excessive acidity of the gastric juice, hyperchlorhydria.

79. superflexion - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      superflexion (su-per-fltk'-shun) . Excessive flexion.

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      superflex'ion. Flexion beyond the normal limit.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      superflex'ion. Flexion beyond the normal limit.

80. supra-acromial - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      supra-acromial (su-prdh-ak-ro'-me-at) [supra- • aeromion\. Situated above the acromion.

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      supra-acromial (su"prah-ak-ro'me-al). Situated above or over the acromion.

81. supra-auricular - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      supra-auricular (su-prah-a-;i'-rik'-:Above the external ear. s. point. See under craniometric point.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      supra-auric'ular. Above the auricle or pinna of the ear. s.-a. point, a craniometric point at the root of the zygoma, directly above the auricular point.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      supra-auricular (su"prah-aw-rik'u-lar). Situated above or over an auricle.

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      supra-auric'ular. Above the auricle or pinna of the ear. s.-a. point, a craniometric point at the root of the zygoma, directly above the auricular point.

82. supra-axillary - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      supra-axillary . Above the axilla.

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      supra-ax'illary. Above the axilla.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      supra-axillary (su-prah-ak'sil-a-re) . Situated above the axilla.

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      supra-ax'illary. Above the axilla.

83. suralimentation - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      suralimentation (sur-al-im-en-ta'-skun) . The method of forced feeding or overalimentation sometimes employed in pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      suralimenta'tion Superalimentation.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      suralimenta'tion Superalimentation.

84. surdimutism - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      surdimutism (ser-dim-u'tizm). Deaf-mutism.

85. surdomute - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sur'domute. i. Deaf and dumb. a. A deafmute.

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      surdomute (surMo-mut) , i. Both deaf and dumb. 2. A deaf-mute person.

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      sur'domute. i. Deaf and dumb. a. A deafmute.

86. surexcitation - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      surexcitation (sur-eks-i-ta'-shun) . Excessive excitement.

    • Appleton's Medical Dictionary (1915)

      surexcitation (sur-ek-si-ta'shun). Excessive excitation.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      surexcitation (ser"ek-slt-a'shun) . Overezcitation; excessive excitation.

87. sursumduction - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sursumduction (sur-sum-duk'-shun) , i. The power of the two eyes of fusing two images when one eye has a prism placed vertically before it. 2. See supravcrgence. 3. A movement of either eye alone upward, s., right, the absolute power that the right eye has to rotate upward.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sursumduc'tion A drawing upward, specifically the moving upward of one eye independently of its fellow.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sursumduction (sur-sum-duk'shun) , i. The act of elevation of the visual axis of one eye above the other; also the degree to which such elevation can be made. The ability to elevate the axis of one or of either eye above that of the other.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sursumduc'tion A drawing upward, specifically the moving upward of one eye independently of its fellow.

88. sustentaculum - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sustentaculum (sus-trn-tak'-u-lum) [sustenlnrc, to support). A support, s. lienis, the suspensory ligament of the spleen, s. tali, a process of the os calcis supporting the astragalus.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)

      sustentac'ulum A structure which serves as a stay or support to another. B. li'enis, ligamentum phrenicocolicum, on which rests the base of the spleen. B. ta'li, support of the anklebone; a bracket-like lateral projection from the inner surface of the os calcis, the upper surface of which presents a facet for articulation with the astragalus.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sustentaculum (sus-ten-tak'u-lum), pi. sustmtac'ufa . A support. 8. li'enis, the suspensory ligament of the spleen. 8. ta'li, a process of the calcaneum which supports the astragalus.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sustentac'ulum A structure which serves as a stay or support to another. B. li'enis, ligamentum phrenicocolicum, on which rests the base of the spleen. B. ta'li, support of the anklebone; a bracket-like lateral projection from the inner surface of the os calcis, the upper surface of which presents a facet for articulation with the astragalus.

89. symbion - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sym'bion An organism associated with another in symbiosis; commensal.

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      sym'bion An organism associated with another in symbiosis; commensal.

90. symbolia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      symbo'lia The power of recognizing the form and nature of an object by touch.

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      symbolia (sim-bo'le-ah). Ability to recognize the nature of objects by the sense of touch.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      symbo'lia The power of recognizing the form and nature of an object by touch.

91. symmelia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      symmelia (sim-me'Te-ah). A condition In which the lower extremities are completely or almost completely united.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      symmelia (sim-e'le-ah) . Fusion of the feet and legs.

92. sympatheticotonia - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sympatheticotonia (sim-pa-thet"l-ko-to'nl-ah). Sympathicotonia.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sympatheticotonia (sim-path-et"ik-o-to'ne-ah). Sympathicotonia.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      sympatheticotonia (sim-pa-thet"l-ko-to'nl-ah). Sympathicotonia.

93. sympathic - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sympath'ic. Sympathetic.

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      sympathic (sim-path'ik). Sympathetic.

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      sympath'ic. Sympathetic.

94. sympathicotropic - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      sympathicotropic (sim-path"I-ko-trop'ik) Having a special affinity for the sympathetic nerve.

    • American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922)

      sympathicotropic (sim-path"ik-o-trop'ik) . Having an affinity for the sympathetic nervous system.

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      sympathicotropic (sim-path"I-ko-trop'ik) Having a special affinity for the sympathetic nerve.

95. syndectomy - load - verify - check links - defined elsewhere
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      syndectomy (sin-dek'-to-me). See pcritomy.

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      syndec'tomy Peritomy, excision of a ring of conjunctiva around the periphery of the cornea.

    • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

      syndec'tomy Peritomy, excision of a ring of conjunctiva around the periphery of the cornea.