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GLOSSARY. 



which have a leafy structure and 

 split up in thin irregular plates. 



Schist'ose (Schist). Fissile ; having 

 a slaty texture. 



Schneide'rian Membrane. The mu- 

 cous membrane lining the nose. 



Scholiast (Gr. <rxo\iov, sckol'ion, an 

 interpretation). A commentator; 

 one who writes notes upon the 

 works of another. 



Scholium (Gr. <TXO\IOV, schol'ion). 

 An explanatory observation or re- 

 mark. 



Sciat'ic (Gr. lax<-ov, is'chion, the hip). 

 Belonging to the hip. 



Sciat'ica (Gr. lvx iov , is'chion, the 

 hip). A painful rheumatic affec- 

 tion of the hip. 



Sci'ence (Lat. sci'o, I know). Know- 

 ledge ; in philosophy, a collection of 

 the general principles or leading 

 truths relating to any object ; any 

 branch of knowledge which is made 

 the subject of investigation with a 

 view to discover and apply first 

 principles. 



Scin'tillate (Lat. scintil'la, a spark). 

 To emit sparks ; to sparkle. 



Scin'tillation (Lat. scintil'la, a spark). 

 A sparkling ; the twinkling or 

 tremulous motion of the light of the 

 larger fixed stars. 



Sciog'raphy (Gr. O-KIO, slcia, a sha- 

 dow ; ypcKpca, graph' o, I write). 

 The art of casting and delineating 

 shadows correctly. 



Sciop'tic (Gr. <TKIO, ski'a, a shadow ; 

 O7rro;uai, op'tomai, I see). Relating 

 to the camera obscura, or to the 

 art of viewing images through a 

 hole in a darkened room. 



Scirrhos'ity (Gr. cricifyos, sWrhos, 

 gypsum). A hardness. 



Scir'rhous (Gr. ffKifipos, sJcir'rhos, 

 gypsum). Hard ; of the nature of 

 scirrhus. 



Scir'rhus (Gr. ffKippos, sMr'rhos, gyp- 

 sum). A hard tumour ; a kind of 

 cancer. 



Scis'sile (Lat. scin'do, I cleave). 

 Capable of being divided by a sharp 

 instrument. 



Scle'ro- (Gr. <TK\ir]pos, sHe'ros, hard). 

 A prefix in compound words, im- 

 plying hardness. 



Scle'roderm, (Gr. a-K\r)pos, sJcle'ros, 

 hard ; Sfp/j.a, derma, a skin). A 

 name given to a family of fishes 

 having the skin covered with hard 



Scle'rogen (Gr. <TK\-r]pos, slcle'ros, 

 hard ; yevvau, genna'o, I produce). 

 The thickening or hardening mat- 

 ter of the cells of vegetables. 



Sclero'sis (Gr. <TK\-npos, sUe'ros, hard). 

 A hardening, or hai'd tumour. 



Scleroskel'eton (Gr. a-tcX-npos, sJde'ros, 

 hard ; <r/ce \erov, skeleton). The 

 portion of the skeleton which con- 

 sists of bones developed in tendons, 

 ligaments, and membranous expan- 

 sions. 



Sclero'tal (Sclerot'ic). An ossified por- 

 tion of the capsule of the eye in 

 fishes. 



Sclerot'ic (Gr. (TK\r)pos, sMeros, hard). 

 Hard ; a name given to the thick 

 white outer coat of the eye. 



Scleroti'tis (Sclerot'ic; itis, denoting 

 inflammation). Inflammation of 

 the sclerotic coat of the eye. 



ScoTnform (Lat. scobs, filings or saw- 

 dust ; for'ma, shape). Like filings 

 or fine sawdust. 



Scolio'sis ( Gr . (r/co A tos.skol'ios ,crook ed ) . 

 A term for distortion of the spine. 



Scorbu'tic (Lat. scorlu'tus, scurvy). 

 Having or liable to scurvy; per- 

 taining to scurvy. 



Sco'ria (Gr. ffKwp, skor, refuse mat- 

 ter). The dross thrown off by 

 metals in fusion ; in plural, scor'ice, 

 the cinders of volcanic eruptions. 



Scoria'ceous (Scoria). Like dross or 

 scoria. 



Scorpioi'dal (Gr. vKopvios, skor'pios, 

 a scorpion ; elSos, ei'dos, shape). 

 Like the tail of a scorpion ; applied 

 to a peculiar twisted form of in- 

 florescence. 



Sco'riform (Sco'ria ; forma, shape). 

 Resembling scoria or dross. 



Scrobic'ulate (Lat. scrobic'ulus, a 

 little ditch). Furrowed ; pitted : 

 having small depressions. 



Scrobic'ulus Cordis. (Lat. the little 

 ditch or furrow of the heart). A name 

 sometimes given to the epigastric 

 region ; the pit of the stomach. 



Scrofula (Lat.). A peculiar diseased 



