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SARCOTRIPSY 



gin.) divided into 2 doses and taken at intervals of one 

 to two hours followed by cathartic. Repeat for 2 or 3 

 days. 



Santonism (san'-ton-izni). Poisoning from overdosage 

 of santonin. 



Saphism. See Sapphism (Illus. Diet.). 



Sapidity (sap-id' -it-e) [sapere, to taste] . The property 

 or quality of a substance which gives it taste. 



Sapodermin (sap-o-dur'-min). An antiseptic soap, 

 containing albuminate of mercury ; used in the treat- 

 ment of parasitic and fungoid diseases. 



Sapogenin (sap-oj'-en-in). C 3i H 54 O g (Hesse). A de- 

 rivative of saponin by action of dilute acids with heat. 

 It occurs in needles grouped in stars, soluble in alco- 

 hol or ether. Syn., Saporitin. 



Sapolan (sap'-ol-an). A compound said to consist of 

 a naphtha product, 2.5 parts; soap, 3%~4fe ; lanolin, 

 1.5 parts ; it is used in skin-diseases. 



Saponal (sap'-o-nal). A cleansing compound said to 

 consist of soap, 20 f c ; sodium carbonate, 60 fc ; sodium 

 chlorid, 2.2fc\ and water, 11%. 



Saponaria (sap-o-na'-re-ah) [_sapo, soap]. A genus 

 of plants of the drder Caryophyllacea*. S. officinalis, 

 L., soapwort ; bouncing bet. A species growing wild 

 abundantly in the United States and Europe in the 

 vicinity of houses. The root, rhizome, and stolons 

 are used in gout, syphilis, and as an expectorant. It 

 contains saponin, sapotoxin, saporetin, etc. 



Saponarius (sap-o-na' -ie-us). Of a soapy character. 



Saponetin (sap-on-et'-in). A microcrystalline body, 

 C^HggO^, obtained by heating saponin with dilute 

 acids. 



Saponiform (sap-on' -e-form). Soap-like in appearance 

 and consistency. 



Saponin. (See Illus. Diet.) S., Coal-tar. See 

 Liquor carbonis detergens. 



Saponinism (sap-& '-nin-izm). See Githagism. 



Saponule, Saponulus {sap'-on-ul, sap-on' '-«- his). 

 Imperfect soaps formed by combination of essential 

 oils with bases. 



Saporetin, Saporrhetin (sap-or-et'-in). See Sapo- 

 genin. 



Saporosity (sap-or-os' -it-e) [sapor, taste]. Sapidity. 



Sapotin [saf-o-tin). A glucosid, C 29 H M O 10 , extracted 

 from the seed of the sapodilla plum, the fruit of 

 A hras sapota, L. , occurring in minute crystals, which 

 melt at 240 C. It is readily soluble in water, less so 

 in alcohol, and insoluble in ether, benzin, or chloro- 

 form. 



Sapotiretin (sap-o-tiret'-in). C 17 H 3 ,O 10 . A product 

 obtained from sapotin by boiling it with dilute sulfuric 

 acid ; insoluble in water, readily soluble in alcohol. 



Sappan-wood ( sap-an' '-ivood). The wood of Casal- 

 pina sappan, L. ; used as a dye as a substitute for 

 hematoxylon. 



Sapremia, Sapraemia \psaTzp6c, putrid; alua, blood]. 

 The intoxication produced by absorption of the results 

 of putrefaction of a contained material within a more 

 or less shut containing cavity whose walls are capable 

 of absorption of noxious products as they form ; so 

 long as the putrefaction is limited to the contained 

 mass it is sapremia ; when the process spreads from 

 the containing tissue, it becomes septicemia (Roswell 

 Park). 



Saprolegnia (sap-ro-leg / -ne-ah) [ca-xpoc, putrid; /.r,iw, 

 an edge]. Fly-fungus. A genus of oomycetous fungi 

 of the order Saprolegniea. Four species are known, 

 S. monoica, Pringsh.; S. dioeca, Pringsh.; S. astero- 

 pkora, DBy.; and S. ferax, N. ab E. They are all 

 saprophytes on dead plants and animals, especially 

 flies, in water with the exception of the last named 

 species, which is both saphrophyte and faculta- 



tive parasite. It is the cause of fish or salmon dis- 

 ease. 



Saprophagous isap-ro/'-a-gus) [oairpoq, putrid; ©a- 

 yeh; to eat]. Subsisting on decaying matter. 



Saprostomous [sap-res' -to-mus ) [aarrpoc, putrid; 

 ardua, mouth]. Having offensive breath. 



Sar [E. Ind. rotten]. Vernacular for trypanosomiasis 

 (surra) {a. v.). 



Sara [E. Ind. rotten fowl]. Vernacular for surra or 

 trypanosomiasis [a. - , 



Sarc [sark. [orfpf, flesh]. Proposed by B. G. Wilder 

 for the bellv, bodv, or flesh v portions of a mus- 

 cle. 



Sarcinuria (sar-sin-u' '-re-ah) [sarcin; ovpov, urine]. 

 The discharge of sarcin with the urine. 



Sarcoblast (sar'-ko-blast). (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Mar- 

 chesini's term for Sarcoplast ( 1 . 1 Illus. Diet.). 



Sarcocarcinoma (sar-ko-kar-sin-o / -mah). A tumor 

 composed of malignant growth of both carcinomatous 

 and sarcomatous types. Syn., Hemangiosarcoma. 



Sarcocele (sar'-ko-sel). (See Illus. Diet.! S. mal- 

 leosa, that due to Bacillus mallei, Loffler. S. Syph- 

 ilitic, syphilitic orchitis. 



Sarcocephalus 1 sar-ko-sef'-al-us') [adpS, flesh ; Keoa/r], 

 head]. A genus of the Rubiacea. S. esculentus r 

 Sab., a shrub of western Africa, the Guinea or Sierra 

 Leone peach, yields an astringent antipyretic bark, 

 doundake or doundaki (q. v.); it is the quinquina 

 africane or kina du Rio Nunez of the French. The 

 wood, called nijmo, is tonic and astringent. It con- 

 tains the alkaloid doundakin. 



Sarcocyte (sar'-ko-sit) [oap<j, flesh ; kvtoc, cell]. See 

 Ectoplasm (Illus. Diet.). 



Sarcoenchondroma [sar-ko-en-kon-dro / -mah). A com- 

 bined sarcoma and enchondroma. 



Sarcoepiplomphalus (sar-ko-ep-e-plom'-fal-us) \oap% r 

 flesh; frr/rr/oox', caul ; buoa/6$, navel; Kif/.-q, hernia]. 

 An umbilical hernia forming a fleshy mass from great 

 thickening of the omentum. 



Sarcoma. (See Illus. Diet.) S. of Abernethy. See 

 S., Adipose. S., Adipose, one containing fatty ele- 

 ments. S., Angioplastic, a tumor of the testicle 

 first described by Malazzez and Monod as composed 

 of a protoplasmic network with irregular spaces and 

 trabeculas, the latter made up of anastomosing giant 

 cells. The name Epithelioma syncytiomatodes tes- 

 ticuli is proposed for it. S. carcinomatodes, a 

 scirrhous cancer. S. deciduocellulare (Sanger). 

 See Deciduoma ma lignum (Illus. Diet.). S. epulis. 

 See Epulis (Illus. Diet. ). S.. Glandular, Hodgkin's 

 disease. S., Granulation. See S., Round-celled, 

 Small (Illus. Diet.). S. lipomatodes, S., Lipo- 

 matous, one characterized by infiltration of fat. S. 

 lymphadenoides. See Lymphosarcoma (Illus. Diet). 

 S., Mastoid, a sarcoma of the mammary gland. S. 

 molle. See Lymphosarcoma (Illus. Diet.). S. 

 molluscum. multiple connective-tissue tumors of the 

 skin containing few spindle cells. S., Mucous. See 

 S., Myxo- (Illus. Diet.). S., Muller's, "sarcoma 

 phyllodes"; adenofibroma of the breast. S. myx- 

 omatodes, a myxosarcoma. S. scroti, a sarcocele. 

 Sarcoplasmic (sar-ko-plaz'-mik). Containing sarco- 



plasm. 

 Sarcoplastic (sar-ko-plas'-tik) [uapf, flesh ; nXaoceiv, 



to form]. Forming flesh. 

 Sarcosporidiasis (sar-ko-spo-rid-i-a'-sis) [Sarcospo- 

 ridia, a genus of psorosperms] . A disease produced 

 by sporozoa of the order Sarcosporidea. 

 Sarcostosis. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. See Osteosarcoma 



(Illus. Diet.). 

 Sarcotripsy (sar-ko trip'-se) [aap^, flesh; rpifleiv, to 

 rub]. See Ecrasement (Illus. Diet. i. 



