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STEATOMATOUS 



any animal when standing. In quadrupeds, it is 

 measured at a point over the shoulders. In man, it is 

 the measured distance from the heel to the top of the 

 head. 



Status (s!a f -tus) [L.]. A condition, with the idea of 

 permanence or continuance. A stage in disease in 

 which, having reached its height, it remains there for 

 a time before convalescence begins. S. arthriticus, 

 nervous manifestation of masked gout. S. eclamp- 

 ticus, the state of a person in eclampsia. S. epilep- 

 ticus, a condition, with rise of temperature, symptoms 

 of gravity, and, frequently, death, associated with 

 epileptic paroxysms succeeding one another rapidly, 

 at intervals of a few minutes or an hour or two. 

 S. hystericus, the hysteric state. S. nervosus. 

 Synonym of Neurasthenia. S. praesens, the state 

 of a case at the time the condition is noted. S. 

 typhosus, a condition of low, muttering delirium, 

 attended with marked prostration, dull and heavy ex- 

 pression, congestion of the facial capillaries, stupor, 

 mental sluggishness, heavy, dull eyes, contracted 

 pupils, marked subsultus tendinum, slipping down 

 into the bed, tongue slowly protruded, tremulous, dry 

 and brown, the teeth and mouth covered with sordes ; 

 all sensibilities seem blunted ; involuntary discharge 

 of feces, incontinence of urine from retention ; the 

 pulse is small, feeble, dicrotic ; the heart-sounds are 

 very weak, the first sound may be inaudible, the 

 second is short and relatively accentuated ; venous 

 congestion of the lungs naturally follows unless im- 

 provement occurs, pulmonary edema supervenes, 

 the urine often becomes scanty and bloody, and the 

 patient dies. S. vertiginosus, a condition of pro- 

 longed vertigo, in the course of which the patient 

 for days or weeks together cannot turn or move in any 

 fashion without being seized with the extremest 

 vertigo. 



Statuvolence (sta-tu' -vo-lens) [status, state ; volens, 

 willing]. Autohypnotism ; voluntary somnambulism 

 or clairvoyance ; a trance into which one voluntarily 

 enters without aid from another. 



Staub's Fluid. A chloro-albuminous solution of mer- 

 cury, used in the treatment of syphilis. It consists of 

 the following : Bichlorid of mercury and chlorid of 

 ammonium each 20 grains, chlorid of sodium I dram, 

 liquor ovi albi and distilled water each 4 ounces. Of 

 this 20 minims are injected as a dose. 



Stauroplegia ( staw - ro -ple f -je - ah) [aravpdg, cross ; 

 "^•Vfyhy a stroke]. Crossed hemiplegia, or paralysis 

 of the arm on one side and the leg on the opposite 

 side. 



Stavers (sta'-vers). See Staggers. 



Stavesacre (stdvz'-a-ker). See Staphisagria. 



Stay Knot. See Knot. 



Steam [stem) [ME., steem, steam]. The vapor of 

 water ; water in a gaseous state. S. -atomizer. See 

 Atomizer. S. -doctor, an old name for a Thompsonian 

 physician, from the extensive use of steaming and 

 sweating made by that school. S.-tug Murmur, the 

 double murmur of aortic obstruction and insufficiency. 

 It may be expressed by the word hoo-chee, hoo repre- 

 senting the obstructive murmur, and chee the regurgi- 

 tant murmur. 



Steapsin (sle-ap f -sin) [ariap, fat]. A diastastc ferment 

 which causes fats to combine with an additional mole- 

 cule of water and then split into glycerin and their 

 corres|X)nding acids. See Ferments. 



Stear (ste'-ar) [ariap, fat]. See A dtps. 



Stearaldehyd (ste-ar-al' -de-hid) [ariap, fat; aldel/yd], 

 Ci 8 H.,„0. A substance appearing in tablets having a 

 bluish luster; it fuses at 63. 5 C. and boils at 192 C. 



Stearate (stc'-ar-at) [ariap, fat]. A salt of stearic acid. 



Stearerin (ste-ar' -er-in) [ariap, fat]. A fatty substance 



found in the oil of sheeps' wool and which is analogous 



to stearin. 

 Stearic {ste-ar' '-ik) [ariap, fat]. A name applied to an 



acid derived from fats and oils. S. Aldehyd, C 17 H«- 



CHO, a substance bearing the same relation to stearic 



acid that an ordinary aldehyd bears to acetic acid. S. 



Acid. See Acid. 

 Steariform (ste-ar' -if-orm) [ariap, fat ; forma, form]. 



Having the appearance of or resembling fat. 

 Stearin (ste'-ar-in) [ariap, fat], C 3 H 5 3 (C 18 II 



An ether or glycerid formed by the combinatii 



stearic acid and glycerin. When crystallized it forms 



white, pearly scales, soft to the touch, but not greasy, 



and odorless and tasteless when pure. It is insoluble 



in water, but soluble in hot alcohol and ether. 

 Stearocnote (ste-ar-ok' -not) [ariap, fat; bxv6q, inactive]. 



An insoluble but fusible solid substance occurring in 



brain-tissue. 

 Stearodermia (ste-ar-o-der' '-me-ah) [ariap, fat ; (hpua 



the skin]. An affection of the sebaceous glands of the 



skin. 

 Stearol (ste f -ar-ol) [ariap, fat]. A medicament having 



fat as an excipient. 

 Stearolic Acid (ste- ar-ol' -ih). See Acid. 

 Stearone (ste'-ar-on) [ariap, fat], C 35 H 70 O. A sub 



stance obtained by the partial decomposition of stearii 



acid. It is a volatile liquid, and seems to be tin 



same as stearic acid deprived of two equivalents ol 



carbonic acid. 

 Stearophanic Acid (ste-ar-o-fan' '-ik). Synonym ot 



Stearic Acid. 

 Stearopten (ste-ar-op' -ten) [ariap, fat; Trrrfvdc, winged 



volatile]. Any camphor-like, crystalline substam 



naturally in solution in a volatile oil. 

 Stearoxylic Acid (ste-ar-oks-il'-ik). See Acid. 

 Stearrhea, Stearrhcea (ste-ar-e'-ah) [ariap, fat ; 



a flow]. See Seborrhea. S. congestiva. Syn 



of Seborrhea congestiva. S. flavescens, a seborrht 



in which the sebaceous matter turns yellow aft( 



being deposited upon the skin. S. nigricans. 



Chromidrosis. S. simplex, ordinary seborrhea. 

 Stearyl (ste'-ar-il) [ariap, fat ; vAr/, matter], C 18 l 



The radicle of stearic acid. 

 Steatin (ste'-at-iu) [areanvov, pertaining to suet | 



Same as Stearin. 2. Any cerate containing a o 



erable proportion of tallow. 

 Steatinum (ste - at - i' - num) [ariarivov, pertaitn 



suet]. A name given to certain pharmaceutic pi 



tions similar to cerates. 

 Steatite (ste'-at-lt). See Talcum. 

 Steatocele (ste-at'-o-sel) [ariap, fat ; k/'/'/j/, a tumor 



A tumor formed by a collection of fatty matter in tl 



scrotum. 

 Steato-cryptosis (ste - at - - krip - to' '- sis) [arte: 



Kpi)TTTTi, a crypt, or sac]. Abnormality of function 1 



the sebaceous glands. 

 Steatodes (ste - at- 0'- dez) [ariap, fat; eidoc, 1 



blance]. Fatty. 

 Steatogenous (ste-at-oj' -en-us) [ariap, fat ; yevi r 



duced]. Producing steatosis. 

 Steatolysis (ste-at-ol'-is-is) [ariap, fat ; A/otc, solution 



The emulsifying process by which fats are prepared I; 



absorption and assimilation. 

 Steatolytic (ste-at-o-lit'-ik) [ariap, fat; liaic, solul 



Accomplishing a steatolysis. 

 Steatoma (steat-o'-mah) [ariap, fat ; 6/ta, tumor: / 



Steatomata], A sebaceous encysted tumor; a lipon\ 



S. melliceris, a sebaceous cyst. S. testicu 



Synonym of Steatocele. 

 Steatomatous (ste-at-o'-mat-us) [ariap, fat ; << 



mor]. Pertaining to a steatoma. 



