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ical sense, to indicate the com- 

 plete in(le))en(lence, so far as 

 development is conccriu'd, of the 

 body from the germ. Tlic an- 

 tithesis is often made stronger by 

 sjx'aking of the snhstance of the 

 body and the substance of the 

 gern), using the terms soinaflr- 

 phisin and germpUism. From 

 the ])hilnsophical standpoint it is 

 instructive to comj)are the the- 

 oretically complete separation of 

 body and germ in modern gen- 

 etics, with the theoretically com- 

 plete sejiaration of body and 

 soul in philosophy and psychol- 

 ogy. 



SpFx'iFiciTi'. The state of being 

 specific, that is, of being mani- 

 fested as ))henomena distinguish- 

 able from all other ])henomena. 

 The grou]) of terms kindred to 

 .specific and .species, long import- 

 ant in systematic and taxonomic 

 biology, are becoming increas- 

 ingly so with the advance of 

 knowledge, <'S)H'cially in tlie do- 

 mains of the chemistry of differ- 

 ent kinds of organisms, and of 

 coni})arative behavior and psy- 

 chology. 



Sporazoa. One of the main sub- 

 divisions of the protozoa a lead- 

 ing characteristic of which is in- 

 dicated by the name, that char- 

 acteristic being the commonness 

 with which propagation occurs in 

 the group by means of spores 

 produced within the body of the 

 animal. By far the greater num- 

 ber of. the species of the grou]) 

 are jiarasitic, many of them dis- 

 ease producing. 



SFourr.ATioN. The process of con- 

 verting into spores, as in the 

 s])ora/,oa, in some other animals, 

 and in many )>lants. Spores dif- 

 fer from eggs, on the one h.ind, 

 and seeds on the other, only in 

 the fact that spores are not sex 

 cells, that is, do not need to imite 

 with other cells in order to de- 



velop, ;is is tJK' e.ise uilli most 

 eggs and .seeds. 



Si'()VT,\Ni:ors (Jknkhatiov. Tlie 

 (liltVrence l)etween "spontjuwous" 

 in this phrase and in the phra.se 

 "s])ontaneous action," as of an 

 animal, shoidd not lie missed. In 

 the latter comH-ction the wortl 

 has nearly it" not (|iiitr its orig- 

 inal meaning, that is, of one's 

 own accord, or initiativt*; acting 

 by and through one's self alone. 

 The adjective pronouns men, tun 

 and Hui'i are said to have in-en 

 used always with fpojite in good 

 Latin ]>ro.se. Strictly, then, if 

 life really originated from some- 

 thing which was not living, that 

 is by a "fortuitous" concourse or 

 interaction among chemical ele- 

 ments of different sort, xpnn- 

 tnneoxt.s would not be the proi>er 

 term to descril)e the operati<Mi, 

 simply because it would have in- 

 volved fundamentally several 

 selves, even if the different ele- 

 ments could each be called a 

 .self. It would not have been an 

 operation itlentifiable l)y uni. 

 your, or ///,« or its, but by their. 

 Plurality rather than singularity 

 of action would be the essence 

 of the conce])tion. 



St>:hkothopic. Reacting to stinndi 

 of contact with solid objects. 



Stoi.on'. .\ prolongation of tin* 

 body of some plants and animals 

 that gives rise to new individuals 

 by btnlding. 



SiDoHii'AHors. Sweat-}>roducing. 



.SvMinoTic. Pertaining to a state 

 of living together of two dissim- 

 ilar organisms fo the ;idv;intage 

 of botli. 



Synaptic. In cytology ptrlaining 

 to siiuitjtfis, tl>e conjugation of 

 ehromosonu's in s«'x cells precetl- 

 ing the reduction divisions con- 

 nected with the maturation of 

 germ cells. 



SvNCVTir.M. As usj'd in this book, 

 a cytological ti-rm applied U\ a 



