SIAGONANTRITIS 



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Siagonantritis (si-ag-on-an-tri'-tis) [aiayuv, the jaw- 

 bone ; avrpov, antrum]. Inflammation within the 

 antrum of Highmore. 



Siagonopod (si-ag-on' -o-pod) [aiayuv, a little jaw; irovg, 

 foot]. In biology, the maxilla of a crustacean. 



Sialaden (si-aF -ad-en) [aiaJjiv, saliva; afiijv, a gland]. 

 A salivary gland. 



Sialadenitis (si-al-ad-en-i' '-its) [aiakov, saliva ; adr/v, 

 gland ; trig, inflammation] . Inflammation of a sali- 

 vary gland. 



Sialade"noncus (si-al-ad-en-ong'-kus) [aiakov, saliva ; 

 adrjv, gland; by nog, a tumor]. A tumor of a salivary 

 gland. 



Sialagogue (si-al'-ag-og). See Ptyalagogue. 



Sialaporia (si-al-ap-o> '-re-ah) [aiakov, spittle]. De- 

 ficiency in the amount of saliva. 



Sialin (si'-al-in). Same as Ptyalin. 



Sialism, Sialismus (si'-al-izm, si-al-iz'-mus). See 

 Ptyalism. 



Sialisterium (si-al-is-te* '-re-um) [aiakiar^piov, a bridle- 

 bit : //. , Sialisteria'j. In biology, one of the salivary 

 glands of an insect. 



Sialocinetic (si-al-o-sin-ef '-ik) [aiakov, spittle ; Kiveaig, 

 motion]. Stimulating the flow of saliva. 



Sialodes (si-al-o' -dez) [aiakov, saliva; tioog, like]. 

 Like saliva. 



Sialodochitis (si-al-o-do-ki'-tis) [aiakov, spittle; ooxv, 

 receptacle; trig, inflammation]. Inflammation of the 

 salivary ducts. S. fibrinosa, inflammation of a 

 salivary duct obstructed by a fibrinous exudate. 



Sialodochium (si -al-o- do'- ke - urn) [aiakov, saliva ; 

 dox?iov, receptacle]. A salivary duct. 



Sialogogic (si-al-o-gof -ik) [aia?,ov, spittle ; ayuydg, 

 leading]. I. A sialogogue. 2. Promoting a flow of 

 saliva. 



Sialogogue (si-al'-o-gog) [aiakov, spittle ; ayuyog, lead- 

 ing]. A ptyalogogue ; a drug producing a flow of 

 saliva. 



Sialoid (si f -al-oid) [aiakov, spittle ; elSog, like]. Per- 

 taining to, or like saliva. 



Sialolith, Sialolithus (si'-al-o-lith, si-al-o- lith' '-us) 

 [aiakov, spittle; kidog, stone]. A salivary calculus. 



Sialo-lithiasis (si-al-o-lith-i' -as-is) [aiakov, spittle ; 

 kidog, stone]. The presence of salivary calculi. 



Sialoncus (si-al-ong' -kits) [aiakov, spittle ; dynog, a 

 tumor]. A tumor under the tongue, arising from the 

 obstruction of the duct of a salivary gland by calculus 

 or other cause. 



Sialorrhea (si-al-or-e'-d) [aiakov, spittle ; poia, flow]. 

 Salivation. S., Pancreatic, a flow of pancreatic 

 juice. 



Sialoschesis (si-al-os'-kes-is) [aiakov, spittle ; axeaig, 

 holding]. Suppression of the secretion of saliva. 



Sialostenosis (si-al-o-ste-no f -sis) [aiakov, spittle ; are- 

 vog, narrow]. Occlusion of a salivary duct. 



Sialosyrinx (si-al-o-si' -ringks) [aiakov, saliva ; avpiyi;, 

 tube]. I. A salivary fistula. 2. A syringe for 

 washing out the salivary ducts. 3. A drainage-tube 

 for the salivary ducts. 



Sialozemia (si-al-o-ze' -nie-ah) [aiakov, spittle ; tyfiia, 

 loss]. Loss of saliva. 



Siam Disease. See Fever, Yellow. 



Sibbens (sib' -ens) [Gael., subhan, raspberries]. A 

 disease formerly endemic in the Scotch highlands, by 

 some identified with syphilis, by others with yaws. 



Siberian Plague (si-be'-re-an plag). See Plague. 



Sibi (sivi'-be) [Fiji]. A Fiji term for elephantiasis or 

 a tumor of the leg or arm. 



Sibilant (sib'-il-ant) [sibilare, to hiss]. Articulating 

 with a hissing sound. Also, the nature of certain 

 wheezy sounds observed in auscultation. S. Rale. 

 See Rale. 



Sibilismus, Sibilus (sib-il-iz'-mus, sib'-il-us) [sibilare, 

 to hiss]. A hissing sound. 



Siccant, Siccative (sik'-ant, sik'-at-iv) [siccare, to 

 dry]. I. Drying; tending to make dry. 2. A drying 

 agent or medicine. 



Siccate (sik' -at) [siccare, to dry]. In biology, to dry, as 

 plants for a herbarium. 



Sicchasia (sik-a'-ze-ah) [aiKxaiveiv, to feel disgust]. 

 Morbid loathing of food. 



Siccus (sik' -us) [L.]. Dry. 



Sick (sik) [ME., sik, sick]. 111. Not well. In Eng- 

 land the term commonly means nauseated, or " sick at 

 the stomach." "S. Time," popularly used for the 

 period of menstruation. S. -headache, headache 

 with anorexia, nausea, vomiting, etc. Migraine. S.- 

 list, a list of persons, especially in military or naval 

 service, who are disabled by sickness. S. -report, a 

 sick-list. S.-room, a room occupied by one who is 

 sick. S. -stomach. Synonym of Nausea, and of 

 Milk-sickness. 



Sickle-germs (sik f -l-jermz). A falciform stage in the 

 development of Coccidia. 



Sickliness (sik f -le-nes) [ME., sik, sick]. Predisposi- 

 tion to easily contract disease; insalubrity of climate. 



Sickly (sik'-le) [ME., sik, sick]. Predisposed to dis- 

 ease. Unhealthy. 



Sickness (sik' -nes) [ME., siknesse, sickness]. Nausea. 

 Also, a general term including all morbid conditions, 

 also menstruation. S., African Sleeping. See Afri- 

 can Lethargy. S., Bleeding, hemophilia. S., Fall- 

 ing, epilepsy. S., Gall, remittent fever. S., Green, 

 chlorosis. S., Hungarian, remittent fever. S., 

 Milk, a form of poisoning due to the ingestion of dis- 

 eased milk or meat. S., Miners'. See Ankylostomi- 

 asis. S., Monthly. See Menstruation. S., Morn- 

 ing. See Morning Sickness. S., Mountain, a 

 sensation of nausea, with impeded respiration and 

 irregular heart's action, due to the rarefied air of high 

 altitudes. S., Sea, nausea, with vomiting and often 

 extreme weakness, caused by unaccustomed motion. 

 Naupathia. 



Side (sid) [ME., side, side]. A lateral half of the 

 body or of any bilateral organ. S.-bone: 1. The 

 hip-bone. 2. The disease or disordered condition in 

 • horses which causes the lateral cartilages above the 

 heels to ossify. 3. An abnormal ossification of the 

 lateral elastic cartilage in a horse's foot. S. -saddle 

 Flower. See Sarracenia. 



Sideration (sid-er-a' -shun) [sideratio, blight produced 

 by the stars]. I. Apoplexy. 2. Gangrene. ,; 

 Lightning-stroke. [Obs.J 



Siderine Yellow. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Siderodromophobia (sid-er-o-dro-mo-fo'-be-ah ) [«■ 

 iron; 6p6/wg, way; <j>6(log, fear]. Morbid dread of 

 traveling by railway. 



Siderophilous (sid-er-off'-il-us) [aifojpog, iron ; 1 

 to love]. Applied to cells that show a tendci 

 take up iron, e.g., the red blood -corpuscles. 



Siderosjs (sid-er'-o-sis) [oidr/pog, iron]. The pigmenta- 

 tion of the lymphatic glands, liver, and kidnej 

 called from the presence of iron in the pigment. 



Siegle's Speculum. An apparatus for pneumatically 

 testing the mobility of the membrana tympani. 



Sielon (si'-cl-on). See SaliTtr. 



Sienna (se-en'-ah). See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Sierra salvia. See Serra salvia. 



Sieve (sir) [ME., sive, sieve]. A vessel with a rciicu 

 lated bottom, used for the separation of pulyi 

 from coarse substances. The gauge of the sieve 1 

 usually expressed in the number of meshes per square 

 inch. S. -cells, long cells of tubular or prismatic 

 form constituting an essential element in fibro-vascular 



