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SYCOSIS 



oncentric movements are performed by the patient, 

 i while the operator or some other power resists ; ex- 

 movements are performed by some power out- 

 ride of the patient while he resists. S. System. 

 See Ling's System. 



!,-eeny (swe / -ne) [origin obscure]. A wasting, or 

 ge, of the shoulder-muscles of the horse, 

 v due to some lameness of the foot or fore- 

 is also called swinney. 



ME., srvete, sweet]. A quality of taste 

 if which sugar and honey furnish examples. S.- 

 iread, the true sweet-bread, regarded by gourmets as 

 , great delicacy, is the thymus gland of the calf, found 

 ccasionallv persistent, but as a rule only present 

 : i the fetus and young calf, at the ventral side 

 t" the trachea, partly without and partly within 

 le chest, between the layers of the anterior 

 lediastinum. It is elongated, of a grayish-white 

 lolor, and lobulated on its surface. It is com- 

 lonly known amongst butchers as the " throat- 

 read. "" The pancreas is vulgarly termed the 

 gut- bread " or " belly sweet-bread," and is the 

 rticle which would be supplied in the great 

 lajority of cases by butchers asked for the sweet- 

 read. See Pancreas. S. Centaury. See 

 Vacalia. S.-b., Chest, the thymus gland. S. 

 ■icely, the root of Osmorrhiza longistylis. An 

 < romatic stomachic, carminative, and expectorant, 

 •ose of the fid. ext. .TJ-ij. Unof. S. Fern, 

 : le leaves and tops of Comptonia asplenifolia. 

 stringent, carminative, and alterative, 

 of the fid. ext. ^ss-ij. Unof. S. Flag, 

 ee Calamus. S. Gale, the bark of J/yrica gale. 

 .stringent and stimulant. Dose of the fid. ext. 



Unof. S. Gum, the bark of Liijttidambar 

 'ita. Tonic and astringent. A popular domes- 

 : remedy in diarrhea. Dose of the rid. ext. 3ss-j. 

 ! he balsam exuding from the tree is much used as 

 corrigent of fetid breath. Unof. S. Niter, sweet 

 ' niter, spiritus aetheris nitrosi. S.-oil. See 

 Oleum. S. -scented Water-lily. See.Yvw- 

 rata. S. Shrub. See Calycanthus. S. Su- 

 mach. See Rhus aromatica. S. Wine. See Wines. 

 el) [ME., swellen, to swell]. To grow in 

 ilk; to puff out. S. -bodies {Schwellkorper), Zuck- 

 kandl's term for the venous plexuses found over the 

 rbinated bodies. 



lied [sweld) [ME., swellen, to swell]. Swollen. 



Head. Synonym of Actinomycosis. 



3 lling {swelling) [ME., rwellen, to swell]. Any 



:>rbid enlargement, inflation, tumor, or protuber- 



ce. S., Albuminous, cloudy swelling. S., Blen- 



Jrrhagic [of the knee), the enlargement of the knee 



nich occurs in gonorrheal synovitis. S., Cloudy, 



swelling of cells due to disturbed nutrition (Vir- 



S., Glassy, amyloid degeneration. S., 



acteal, a swelling of the breast due to obstruction 



the lacteal ducts. S., White, a disease of the 



I 'ties which causes them to dilate as if distended by 



essure from within. A tumor, usually of the wrist 



ankle, due to caries ; hydrarthrosis. 



S rtia rwer'-te-ak). SeeChirata. 



S m-bladder, or Swimming-bladder. See Pneu- 



Uophore. 

 S mrneret (swim-er-ef ') [AS., swimman, to swim], 

 biology, one of the abdominal or swimming limbs 

 a crustacean. 

 ^ Timers' Cramp. See Cramp. 

 \ Timing-bell wim'-ing-bel). See Xectophore. 

 s ^e {m-itn [MK.. swine, a pig]. A pig. S. -bread, 

 | - Tuber cibarium, an edible plant allied to lycoper- 

 •n or puff-ball. S.-cress, nasturtium, or water- 



cress. S. -fever. See Hog-cholera. S. -plague, an 

 infectious disease of swine, appearing in more or less 

 extensive epizootics, in which usually most of • the 

 animals exposed to the infection succumb. It is due 

 to specific bacteria, and is localized in the lungs, 

 giving rise to pneumonia and pleurisy, with secondary 

 involvement of the digestive tract ; hence, it is not 

 readily distinguished from hog-cholera. See Bacillus 

 of Swine-plague, under Bacteria, Synonymatic Table 

 of. S.-pox, a disease of swine characterized by 

 inflammatory tubercles on the legs and thighs. 

 Swing, Salter's, an apparatus consisting of a cradle 

 that moves on wheels along a horizontal bar on an 



Salter's Swing. 



iron framework ; it is used in the treatment of frac 

 tures of the lower extremity. 



Swinney (swmf-e). See Sweeny. 



Swiss Tapeworm. The Bothrioceph lus latus. See 

 Parasites (Animal), Table of 



Swoon. See Syncope. 



Sycephalus (si-sef'-al-us) [aim, with; Kf0a/jy, head]. 

 A double monster having two incomplete heads joined 

 together. 



Sychnocarpous (sik - no - kar / - pus) [ai'xvbs, many ; 

 KapTroc, fruit]. In biology, capable of producing fruit 

 many* times without perishing. 



Sychnuresis (sih - nu - re f - sis) \avxyoc, long ; ovpov, 

 urine] . Preternarurally slow discharge of urine. 



Sycoma (si-ko'-mah) [ovn<w, a fig: pi., Sycomata\ A 

 condyloma, or wart ; a condition characterized by 

 warty or fig-like excrescences on the soft tissues of the 

 body, as the eyelids, tongue, anus, or genitals. 



Syconium isi-ko'-nc-um) \gvkw, a fig : //. , Syconia"]. 

 In biology, the peculiar multiple fruit of the fig, which 

 consists of a fleshy, hollow receptacle containing num- 

 erous achenium-like fruits. 



Sycosis (si - ko r - sis) [oinov, a fig] . Lichen menti ; 

 Sycosis non-parasitica ; Mentagra ; Folliculitis barba? ; 

 Ficosis ; Acne mentagra: an inflammatory, gener- 

 ally chronic, disease, which affects the hair follicles, 

 particularly of the beard, and due to microbic infec- 

 tion. It is characterized by papules, pustules, and 

 tubercles, perforated by hairs, together with infiltration 

 of the skin and with crusting. More or less scarring 

 and permanent baldness result in long-continued cases. 

 S., Bacillogenic, a variety of so-called " non-para 

 sitic'" sycosis, ascribed by Tommasoli to the Bacillus 

 sycosiferus fatidus. See Bacteria, Synonymatic Tabic 

 of. S. barbae. Sycosis of the beard. S. capillitii : 



1. Dermatitis papillaris capillitii, of Kaposi; S. 

 framboesiformis, of • Hebra ; acne kceloid, of Bazin. 



2. Kerion. 3. Pustular eczema of the scalp. S., 





