SORBITE 



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SOUND 



but is incapable of fermentation under the influence of 

 yeast. See Carbohydrates, Table of. 



Sorbite (sor' -bit) \_sorbns, the sorb-tree], C 6 H u 6 -f- 

 H 2 0. A hexahydric alcohol occurring in mountain- 

 ash berries, forming small crystals which dissolve 

 readily in water. They melt at I io° C. Sorbite cor- 

 responds, in all probability, to grape-sugar. 



Sorbose (sor'-boz). Same as Sorbinose. 



Sordes (sor'-dez) \_sordere, to be foul]. Filth. Pus or 

 suppuration. Also, any filthy or morbid secretion or 

 deposition, especially the crusts that accumulate on the 

 teeth and lips in low fevers. S. aurium, cerumen. 

 S. capitis. See Scabies capitis. S., Dental, the col- 

 lection of matter found upon the teeth in some diseases. 



Sordid (sor' -did ) \_sordere, to be dirty]. In biology, dull 

 or dirty in hue. 



Sore (sor) [ME., sore, sore]. I. Any ulcer, chafe, or 

 wound; a sensitive, inflamed spot. 2. Painful. S., 

 Bed-. See Bed-sore. S.-eyed, affected with oph- 

 thalmia or blepharitis. S., Fungating, a soft chancre 

 with abundant granulations. S., Hard. Synonym 

 of Chancre. S. -heels. See Horse-pox. S., Hun- 

 terian, a true or hard chancre. S., Indurated, S., 

 Infecting. Synonyms of Chancre. S. -mouth, 

 stomatitis. S. -mouth, Nursing, that produced by 

 nursing. S., Oriental, a general term for any one of 

 a number of suppurative sores of the Orient. S., Soft, 

 a chancroid. S. -throat, a popular name embracing 

 almost every inflammation or morbid affection of the 

 throat. S. -throat, Clergymen's, chronic follicular 

 pharyngitis. S. -throat, Gouty, a pharyngitis due to 

 gout. S. -throat, Hospital, chronic pharyngitis. S.- 

 throat, Malignant, S. -throat, Putrid, pharyngitis 

 attended with ulceration. S. -throat, Rheumatic, 

 pharyngitis due to rheumatism. S. -throat, Ulcer- 

 ated, pharyngitis attended with ulceration. S., 

 Veneral, a chancroid. 



Sorediate (so-re'-de-at) [aupoc, a heap]. In biology, 

 bearing soredia. 



Sorediferous (sor-e-dif '-er-us) [aup6q, a heap ; ferre, to 

 bear]. In biology, bearing soredia. 



Soredium (so-re'-de-um) [aup6q, a heap ; ISiov, a dim. 

 suffix: pi., Soredid\. In biology, one or more algal 

 cells wrapped in hyphas and discharged from the fronds 

 of lichens, serving the purposes of vegetative propa- 

 gation. 



Sorghum (sor' -gum) \sorgum, sorghum] . A variety of 

 sugar-cane, S. saccharatum, of the family Graminacea. 

 Also a syrup made from the expressed inspissated 

 juice of the same. 



Soroche (so-ro'-ke) [Sp.]. Mountain sickness. 



Sorophore (so'-ro-for) [aupdc, a heap; <popog, bear]. 

 In biology, the cushion lying along the ventral edge 

 of the sporocarp of Marsilea, which at germination 

 becomes detached at one end,' and exposed in the 

 form of a cord, bearing the sori in two rows. 



Sororiation (sor-or-e-a'-shun) \soror, a sister]. The 

 development which takes place in the female breasts 

 at puberty. 



Sorose (so'-roz) [oupdc, a heap]. In biology, bearing 

 a sorus or a sorosis. 



Sorosis (so-ro'-sis) [rrupdr, a heap]. In biology, a fruit 

 like that of the mulberry, which consists of a collec- 

 tion of small, fleshy fruits, the product of a compact 

 flower- cluster. 



Sorrel [sor' -el) [ME., sorel, sorrel], See Sheep-sorrel. 

 S.-tree. See Sourwood. 



Sorts (sortz) [ME., sort, sort]. In the drug-trade, 

 refuse or culls ; the poorest grade of any dru^'. 



Sorus (so'-rus) [oa>p6g, a beep : pi. , Sori\. The name 

 applied to the fruit-dot or collection of sporangia of 

 the ferns. 



Sosibious (so-sib' -e -us) [ou£eiv, to save; /3<oc, life]. 

 Able to preserve life. 



Soteriology (so-te-re-ol' -o-je). Synonym of Hygiene. 



Soudan Brown. See Pigments, Conspectus of. S. 

 Red. Same as A T aphthalin-red. 



Souffle (soo'fl) [Fr.]. A blowing sound. See Murmur. 

 S., Cardiac. See Heart-murmur. S., Fetal, an in- 

 constant murmur heard during pregnancy, and sup- 

 posed to be due to the compression of the umbilical 

 cord. S., Funic or Funicular, a hissing sound, 

 synchronous with the fetal heart-sounds, heard over 

 the abdomen of a pregnant woman. S., Splenic, a 

 sound said to be audible over the spleen in cases of 

 malaria, leukemia and biliary calculus. S., Umbili- 

 cal. See S., Tunic. S., Uterine, the proper term 

 for what was formerly called the Placental Souffle, a 

 sound heard in the latter months of pregnancy, and 

 caused by the entrance of blood into the dilated ar- 

 teries of the uterus. 



Soul (sol) [ME., soule, soul]. The moral and emo- 

 tional part of man's nature. S. -blindness. See 

 Blindness, Psychic, and Apraxia. S., Spinal, a sup- 

 posititious consciousness present in the spinal cord. 



Sound (sownd) [ME., sownde, sound]. The sensation 

 produced upon the auditory nerve by aerial vibrations. 

 See Hearing. Also, an instrument for insertion into 

 the bladder to test for calculus. S., Anasarcous, a 

 moist bubbling sometimes heard on auscultation when 

 the skin is edematous. S., Bandbox, the resonant 

 percussion-note sometimes heard in emphysema. S., 

 Bellocq's. See Belloafs cannula. S., Bellows, an 

 endocardial murmur which sounds like a bellows. 

 See Bellows. S., Blowing, a blowing murmur. 

 S., Bottle. See Amphoric Murmur. S., Bronchial, 

 the large, harsh sound of bronchial respiration. 

 Ss., Cardiac. See S., Heart. S., Cracked-pot, 

 a form of tympanitic resonance indicative of a cavity. 

 S., Esophageal, a long flexible sound for examina- 

 tion of the esophagus. Ss., Fetal Heart-, the sounds 

 produced by the beating of the fetal heart, best heard 

 near the umbilicus of the mother. S., Flapping, 

 the clap made by the closure of the cardiac valves. 

 Ss., Friction-, the sounds produced by the rubbing 

 of one rough surface upon another. S., Funicu- 

 lar Bellows. See Souffle. Ss., Heart-, the two 

 sounds heard over the cardiac area. The first, dull 

 and prolonged, is said to sound like lubb, and is 

 isochronous with the systole of the ventricles. The 

 second, sharp and short, is said to sound like 

 and is isochronous with the closure of the .semilunar 

 valves. S., Hollow. See Amphoric Percussion. S., 

 Kettle-singing, a chest-sound sometimes heard in j 

 incipient pulmonary tuberculosis. It resembles watei , 

 boiling in a kettle. S., Lacrymal, a fine sound for \ 

 exploring or dilating the lacrymal canal. S., Metallic 

 Heart-. See Metallic Murmur. S., Metamorphos- 

 ing Breath-, a sound due to the passage of air through 

 a narrow opening into and out of a pulmonary cavity. 

 S., Muscle-, the sound heard through the stetln 

 when placed over a muscle in the state 

 tion; sussurus. S., Osseous, a high-pitched inl 

 auscultatory sound having a slightly metallic timbre. 

 S., Pulmonary, the respiratory murmur. S., Respira j 

 tory, respiratory murmur. S., Sawing, a cardiac 

 murmur resembling the sound produced by sawing. 

 S. -shadow, the interference with a sound-wave j 

 caused by an object being placed between tin ear and 

 the source of sound. S., Subjective. See/ 

 S., To-and-fro, the friction-sound of pericarditis 

 and pleuritis. S., Tubular, the sound of tra« 

 respiration. S., Urethral, an elongated steel instru 

 ment, usually slightly conical, for examination and 



