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SYNDROME 



caffein sulfonate. Symphorol N., sodium and caffein 

 sulfate. Symphorol S. , strontium and caffein sulfonate. 



Symphysal (sim f -Jiz-al). See Symphyseal (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Symphyseorrhaphy, Symphysiorrhaphy (sim-fiz-e- 

 or'-af-e) [ovfupiieiv, to grow together; payi), a seam]. 

 Suture of a divided symphysis. 



Symphysis. (See Illus. Diet.) S. cartilaginosa, 

 synchondrosis. S. ligamentosa, syndesmosis. S. 

 mandibular, S. menti, the central vertical ridge upon 

 the outer aspect of the lower jaw, showing the line of 

 union of the two halves. S. ossium muscularis. 

 See Syssorcosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Sympiesometer (sim-pe-es-om'-el-ur) \ai>v, together; 

 Triemg, a squeezing ; fihpov, measure]. An apparatus 

 for estimating pressure. 



Symplocos [sim'-plo-kos) [ovukaokoc, twined]. A genus 

 of the Styracece. S. alstonia, L' Her. , a tree of South 

 America. The leaves are used as mate and also as a 

 digestive and diaphoretic. S. platyphylla, Benth., 

 sweet leaf, is indigenous to the southern United States 

 and South America ; the root bark is used in inter- 

 mittent fever. S. racemosa, Roxb., indigenous to 

 India, furnishes a red coloring matter and lotur bark, 

 used in plasters. It contains lotourin, colloturin, and 

 lotouridin. S. tinctoria, L'Her., sweet leaf of South 

 Carolina, contains in its sweet leaves a yellow color- 

 ing-matter. The root is used as a digestive. 



Symptom, Symptoma. (See Illus. Diet. ) S., Ac- 

 cessory, S., Assident, a minor symptom. S., Ac- 

 cidental, one intervening in the course of a disease 

 without having any connection with it. S.s, Con- 

 comitant, accessory phenomena occurring in connec- 

 tion with the essential phenomena of a disease. S., 

 Constitutional, or General, one produced by the 

 effect of the disease on the whole body. S., Delayed. 

 See Shock, Deferred (Illus. Diet.). S., Equivocal, 

 one of doubtful significance. S., Local, one indicat- 

 ing the concentration of a disease in a certain part of 

 the body. S., Rational, a subjective symptom. S., 

 Signal, the first disturbance of sensation preceding a 

 more extensive convulsion, as the aura heralding an 

 attack of epilepsy. S. turpitudinis, nymphomania. 



Symptom-complex. (See Illus. Diet.) See also 

 Syndrome. S.-c, Avellis', paralysis of one-half of 

 the soft palate, associated with a recurrent paralysis on 

 the same side. S.-c, Benedikt's, tremor of one side 

 of the body, in part or wholly, and oculomotor paral- 

 ysis of the other side. S.-c, Bernhardt-Roth's. 

 See Paresthesia, Bernhardt' 's. S.-c, Erb-Goldfiam's. 

 See Disease, Erb's (Illus Diet.). S.-c, Escherich's. 

 See Pseudotetanus. S.-c, Friedmann's Vaso- 

 motor, a train of symptoms following injury to the 

 head, consisting of headache, vertigo, nausea, and in- 

 tolerance of mental and physical exertions and of gal- 

 vanic excitation ; it is occasionally associated with oph- 

 thalmoplegia and mydriasis. These phenomena may 

 subside and recur with greater intensity, with fever, 

 unconsciousness, and paralysis of the cranial nerves, 

 ending in fatal coma. They are probably due to an 

 encephalitis of slow development with acute exacerba- 

 tions. S.-c, Hoppe-Goldflam's. See Disease, 

 Erb's (Illus. Diet.). S.-c, Putnam-Dana's, com- 

 bined sclerosis of the lateral and posterior columns 

 of the spinal cord. S.-c, Roth's. See Paresthesia, 

 Bernhardt' s. S.-c, Wilk's. See Disease, Erb's 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Synaetion. See Synetion. 



Synantherin (sin-an'-thur-in). See Intilin (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Synanthrose (sin-an'-thrdz). See Levidose (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Synapse (sitt-ap'-se). See Synapsis. 



Synapsis (sin-aps-sis) [oi/V, together ; airreiv, to clasp]. 

 The anatomic relation of one neuron with another. 

 The intertwining of the terminal arborizations of the 

 neurons by means of which nerve impulses may pass 

 from one to another. Syn., Synapase. 



Synarthroisis. See Synarthrosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Synarthrophysis (sin-ar-thro-fi' -sis) [ffw, together ; 

 aptipov, a joint; <j>v£u>, to grow]. Progressive ankylosis 

 of the joints. 



Syncaryosis (sin-kar-e-o / -sis) [ovv, together; K&pvov, a 

 nut]. A term proposed by His for syncytial formation 

 or the growth of the multinuclear giant-cells. 



Syncheiral. See Synchiral (Illus. Diet.). 



Synciput. See Sinciput (Illus. Diet. ). 



Synclonesis. See Sync/onus (Illus. Diet.). 



Syncopexia, Syncopexy (sin-ko-peks'-e-ah, sin-ko- 

 peks / -e). See Tachycardia (Illus. Diet.). 



Syncyanin (sin-si' -an-in). A blue pigment elaborated 

 by Bacillus syncyanus. 



Syncytioma [sin-sit-e-o / -mah) [a>v, together ; gfjrog, 

 cell]. A tumor composed of syncytial tissue. S. 

 malignum, malignant degeneration of the villi of the 

 chorion. See Deciduoma malignum. 



Syncytium. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The collection of 

 epithelial cells forming the outermost covering of the 

 chorionic villi. 



Syndeticon {sin-def '-ik-on) . A proprietary varnish said 

 to consist offish glue, 100 parts; acetic acid (glacial), 

 125 parts; gelatin, 20 parts in 125 parts of water ; 

 concentrated alcoholic solution of shellac, 20 parts. 



Syndrome. (See Illus. Diet.) See Symptom-complex . 

 S., Basedow's, tachycardia, flashes of heat, sweat- 

 ing crises. S., Brissaud-Marie's, hysteric glosso- 

 labial hemispasm. S. of Brown-Sequard. See 

 Brown-Sequard'' s Paralysis in Table of Signs (Illus. 

 Diet.). S., Charcot's, intermittent claudication, an 

 affection connected with arteriosclerosis of the lower 

 extremities. S., Cotard's, "delire chronique des 

 negations.'' A form of paranoia characterized by de- 

 lusions of negation, with sensory disturbances and a 

 tendency to suicide. S., Dercum's, adiposus dolor- 

 osus. S., Duchenne's, labioglossolaryngeal paralysis. 

 S., Duckworth's, complete stoppage of respiration 

 several hours before that of the heart in certain cere- 

 bral diseases attended by intracranial pressure. S., 

 Dupre's, meningism ; pseudomeningitis. S., Erb's. 

 Synonym of Asthenic bulbar paralysis. S., Gaston's, 

 anesthetic prurigo sometimes observed in cases of alco- 

 holism. S., Jackson's, associated paralysis of the 

 soft palate and larynx, accompanied by paralysis of the 

 trapezius, stemomastoid, and one-half of the tongue. 

 S., Levulosuric See S., Marie- Robinson'' s. S., 

 Marie-Robinson's, a variety of diabetes with melan- 

 cholia, insomnia, impotence, and the presence in the 

 urine of a levulose that disappears rapidly on the sup- 

 pression of carbohydrates. S., Millard-Gubler's. 

 See Hemiplegia, Gubler s. S. of Pierre Marie, hy- 

 pertrophant osteoarthropathy. S., Potain's, dyspepsia 

 and dilation of the right ventricle with accentuation 

 of the pulmonary sound, observed during the digestive 

 process in cases of gastrectasis. S., Riegel's, tin- as- 

 sociation of tachycardia with troubles simulating asthma. 

 S., Rosenbach's, a variety of paroxysmal tachycar- 

 dia consisting in the association of cardiac, respira- 

 tory, and gastric troubles. S., Stokes'. See Disease, 

 .-Ilia ms- Stokes. S. temporanea di Gubler. See 

 Hemiplegia, Gubler s. S., Tuffier's, a congenital 

 state of general tissue debility, resulting in relaxation 

 and displacement of various organs, such as splanch- 

 noptosis, varicocele, uterine displacements, etc. S., 

 Weil's, unilateral hyperesthesia of the muscles, nerve- 



