108 GLOSSARY. 



Sibilant. Hissing. 



Soporific. Promotive of sleep. 



Spauaemia Hydraemia. Poverty of blood. 



Spermatozoa. Microscopic bodies found in the generative 

 fluid of the male. 



Sphacelus. Sloughing. 



Spirometry. The measurement of breathing power by the 

 quantity of air exhaled after a forced in- 

 spiration 



Sporadic. Separate, independant occassional, not en- 

 demic, or epidemic or contagious. 



Squauia. A scale. 



Stasis, Stagnation. Arrest of movement. 



Steatomalous. Fatty, consisting principally of fat. 



Stercoraceous. Faecal. 



Stertorous. Loud and snoring. 



Stethometer. A chest measurer. 



Stethoscope. A tube used for mediate auscultation, 



Sthenic. Posessed of or attented by vigor and activity. 



Stomatitis. Inflammation of the mouth. 



Str ingury. Dysuria, ischuria. 



Subscrepiiant. Crackling, but not typically identical 

 with the crepitant rale ; being a coarser 

 sound. 



Subjective Originating in the mind, bruin, or other- 

 part of the individual ; as contrasted with 

 objective^ i. e. of external origin. 



Subsultus Tendinum. Jerking of the teudous e. g. of 

 the wrist in low fever. 



Succussion. Sudden shaking. 



Sudamina. Minute transparent vesicles, often seen over 

 the breast or abdomen in low fever. 



Sudorific. Promotive of perspiration. 



Suggillation Collection of blood in spots under the 

 skin of the dead body. 



Suppuration. The formation of pus. 



Sycosis. Mentagra. 



Syncope. Fainting ; suspended animation. 



Synovia. The lubricating fluid of the joints. 



Synurgic. Co-operative, working together. 



