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SPERMATOCYSTOTOMY 



roidal, the space between the velum interpositum and 

 the fornix. S.s, v. Troeltsch's, two small pockets 

 formed in the upper part of the attic of the middle ear 

 by folds of mucous membrane. S., Zang's, the space 

 between the two tendons of origin of the sternomas- 

 toid in the supraclavicular fossa. 



Spanamenorrhea {span-ah-men-or-e / -ah). See Spa- 

 menorrhea (Illus. Diet.). 



Spanemy (span' -em-e) . See Spanemia (Illus. Diet.). 



Spaniocardia (span-e-o-kar'-de-ah) [a-aviac;, seldom; 

 napfiia, heart]. Landois' name for bradycardia. 



Spanish Fever. Synonym of Texas Fever. 



Spanopnea (span-op 1 -ne-ah) [artdviQ, scarcity ; irvelv, 

 to breathe]. Infrequency of respiratory action. 



Spargin (spar'-jin). A yellowish-red coloring-matter 

 found by Reinsch in the berries of Asparagus offici- 

 nalis, L. 



Spartein. (See Illus. Diet.) S. Hydrochlorate, 

 CjjH.^N.^. 2HCI, colorless crystals, soluble in water or 

 alcohol, used as the sulfate. S. Hydroiodate, 

 CjjH^gNj . HI, white needles, soluble in water or alco- 

 hol, usage and dose as the sulfate. S. Sulfate, 

 C 15 H. i6 N 2 . H 2 S0 4 -f- 4.H. 2 0, bitter, colorless prisms, 

 soluble in water or alcohol, boil at 136° C. It is a 

 heart stimulant and diuretic. Dose, 'Yfy-yi g r - 

 (0.01 1-0.022 gm.). Max. dose, l / 2 gr. (0.032 gm. ) 

 single; ^-2 gr. (0.05-0. 13 gm. ) daily. S. Triio- 

 did, C, 5 H 2( .N 2 I 3 , a black powder obtained from an 

 ethereal solution of iodin and spartein ; soluble in 

 alcohol. Usage and dosage as spartein sulfate. 



Spartism (spar'-lizm). Poisoning from spartein; char- 

 acterized by vomiting, somnolence, paralytic-like 

 weakness, and accelerated pulse. 



Spasm. (See Illus. Diet.) S. of Accommodation, 

 spasm of the ciliary muscles, producing accommoda- 

 tion for objects near by. S., Carpopedal, a contrac- 

 tion causing flexion of the fingers and wrist, or ankles 

 and toes. S., Clonic, in the Area of the Nervus 

 accessorius. Synonym of Wryneck, Spasmodic. 

 S., Clonic, in the Area of the Portio dura. Syn- 

 onym of Tic, Painless. S., Cynic. See under 

 Cynic (Illus. Diet.). S.s, Deglutition, a paroxysm 

 of rapid swallowing, noted by Young (1901) as a 

 symptom of whooping-cough. S.s, Fatigue, Poore's 

 term for a group of affections characterized by spas- 

 modic contractions, either clonic or tonic, brought 

 about by voluntary movement; the exciting cause 

 being limited to some particular action. Syn., Func- 

 tional spasms (Weir Mitchell); Alovement spasms; 

 Business spasms; Occupation spasms; Professional 

 spasms ; Coordinated business neuroses (Benedict) ; 

 Handicraft spasms. Ger. Beschaftigungs Neurosen. 

 Cf. Cramp and Palsy. S.s, Friedreich's. Synonym 

 of Paramyoclonus multiplex. S.s, Function, S., 

 Functional, S., Handicraft. See .S'., Fatigue. S., 

 Hammer. See Palsy, Hammer. S., Idiopathic 

 Muscular. See Telanilla (Illus. Diet. ). S., Laryn- 

 geal Congenital. See Croaking, Pespiratory (in 

 babies). S., Lock, a form of writer's cramp in which 

 the fingers become locked on the pen. S., Mastica- 

 tory (of the face). See Trismus (Illus. Diet.). S., 

 Mimic, facial neuralgia. S.s, Movement. See S.s, 

 Fatigue, S., Muscular, Idiopathic. See Tetanilla 

 (Illus. Diet.). S., Myopathic, one attending a dis- 

 ease of the muscles. S., Nictitating, S., Nodding. 

 See Eclampsia nutans (Illus. Diet.). S., Occupa- 

 tion, S., Professional. See S., Fatigue, S., Pan- 

 tomimic. Synonym of Tic, Painless. S., Penman's. 

 Synonym of Writer's Cramp. S., Retrocollic, 

 clonus of the deeper muscles of the back of the neck. 

 S., Romberg's, masticatory spasm ; affecting the 

 muscles supplied by the motor fibers of the fifth nerve. 



S., Saltatoric, S., Saltatory, S., Static Reflex. 

 See under Saltatoric (Illus. Diet.). S., Telegraph- 

 ist's, an affection described first by Onimus, 1875. 

 See S., Fatigue. S., Tetanic. See S., Tonic (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Spasmodermic (spas-mo-dur' -mik). Relating to a 

 spasmodic affection of the skin. 



Spasmodism [spas' ?>iod-izm) \_mraap6q, spasm]. 

 Fleury's term for those nervous states that originate in 

 medullary excitation. 



Spasmoneme (spas' -mo-nem) [oTatT/voc, a drawing; 

 rrjud, a thread]. The central reticulum or undulating 

 bundle of fibrils excentrically located in the peduncle 

 of a stalked infusorian (Vorticella) and derived from 

 the myonemes of the body. Cf. Alyoneme, Spironeme, 



Spasmotin (spas-mo' -tin). See Sphacelotoxin. 



Spasmotoxin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. See Sphacelo- 

 toxin. 



Spathologic (spath-o-loj'-ik) \_a~a6dv, to go fast ; A6yoq, 

 science]. Relating to rapid proliferation of leuko- 

 cytes. 



Spathulate. See Spatulate (Illus. Diet.). 



Spatial (spa'-shal) [spatium, space]. Relating to 

 space. 



Specialism (spesh'-al-izm). See Specialty (Illus. Diet.). 



Specimen. (See Illus. Diet.) S. -cooler, a small 

 water cell immediately under the specimen in micro- 

 projection, to prevent injury from the heat of the 

 radiant. 



Spectrophone (spek'-tro-fon) \_spectrum ; out/'/, sound]. 

 An apparatus devised by Painter and Bell (1881) for 

 the production of sound by the rays of the spectrum. 



Spectrophotometer. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Ilelmholtz's 

 apparatus for mixing colors. 



Spectrophotometry (spek-tro-fo-tom' -et-re) [spectrum ; 

 0£)C, light; fterpov, measure]. The quantitative esti- 

 mation of the coloring-matter in a substance by means 

 of the spectroscope. 



Spectrotherapy (spek-tro-ther'-ap-e) [spectrum ; ther- 

 apy]. Apery's term for the therapeutic employment 

 of prismatically decomposed rays. 



Spectrum. (See Illus. Diet. ) S. of Consciousness, 

 in psychology, a comparison of man's range of con- 

 sciousness or faculty, lo the solar spectrum, as seen 

 after passing through a prism or as examined in a 

 spectroscope. 



Speculum. (See Illus. Diet.) 3. A tendinous struc- 

 ture. S. citrinum, ointment. S. Helmontii, the 

 central tendinous part of the diaphragm, the centrum 

 nerveum. S. indicum, iron filings. S. lucidum. 

 Same as Septum lucidum. S. matricis, womb-mir- 

 ror, a vaginal speculum. S. oris, an oral speculum, 

 or "mouth mirror." S. rhomboideum, a rhomboid 

 area formed by the tendon of the trapezius muscles at 

 the level of the upper dorsal and lower cervical spines. 



Speech. (See Illus. Diet.) S., Staccato. See Scan* 

 King ( Illus. Diet.). 



Spell-bone. The fibula. 



Sperm. (See Illus. Diet.) S. Blastophore, the re- 

 sidual mass of the .sperm -mother cell. S. -mother 

 Cell, Lankester's term for the spherical male germs of 

 the malaria parasite as found in the mosquito. S.- 

 nucleus, the nucleus of a spermatozoon. 



Spermaduct (spur* -ma-dukt) [anepfia, seed; ductus, a 

 duct]. A sperm-duct, the vas deferens. 



Spermatise (spur* -mat-It). To discharge semen. 



Sperm atocystectomy (spur-ma 1 '■ o-si 'st-ek' '-/o-mc) [anip\ 

 ha, seed; kvotic, cyst; eKTo/ti/, excision]. Excision 

 of a spermatic cyst 



Spermatocystotomy (spur-mat-o-sist-c/'-o-uie) \_sper- 

 matocyst; ram/, a cutting]. Surgical incision of a 

 seminal vesicle. 



