GLOSSARY. 



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which receives the impressions 

 made on the senses. 



Sen'tient (Lat. sen'tio, I perceive). 

 Capable of receiving impressions so 

 as to be perceived. 



Se'pal (Lat. sepes, an inclosure). A 

 division of a calyx. 



Sep'aloid (Sepal; Gr. et'Sos, ei'dos, 

 form). Like a sepal. 



Sep'arate (Lat. se'paro, I divide). In 

 botany, applied when the stamens 

 and pistils are in the same plant, 

 but in different flowers. 



Sep'tate (Lat. septum, a partition). 

 Divided by septa or partitions. 



Sep'tangular (Lat. septem, seven ; 

 angulus, an angle). Having seven 

 angles. 



Sep'temfid (Lat. septem, seven ; findo, 

 I cleave). In botany, applied to 

 leaves which are divided part way 

 through into seven lobes. 



Septe'nary (Lat. septe'ni, series of 

 seven). Consisting of sevens. 



Septe'nate (Lat. septe'ni, series of 

 seven). Arranged in sevens : ap- 

 plied to compound leaves with seven 

 leaflets coming off from a point. 



Septen'nial (Lat. septem, seven ; an- 

 nus, a yeai-). Containing seven 

 years : happening every seven years. 



Septentrio'nal (Lat. septen'trio, the 

 northern constellation called the 

 Great Bear). Belonging to the 

 north. 



Sep'tic (Gr. (nj7ro>, sepa, I putrefy). 

 Promoting putrefaction. 



Septici'dal (Lat. septum, a partition ; 

 ccedo, I cut). In botany, applied 

 to fruits or seed vessels which open 

 by dividing through the partitions 

 of the ovary; i.e., through the 

 septa or edges of the carpels. 



Septif erous (Lat. septum, a partition ; 

 fer'o, I bear). Having partitions. 



Sep'tiform (Lat. septum, a partition ; 

 forma, shape). Resembling a sep- 

 tum or partition. 



Septif ragal (Lat. septum, a partition; 

 franyo, I break). A form of divi- 

 sion of a fruit in which the parti- 

 tions adhere to the axis, and the 

 valves covering the fruit are sepa- 

 rated ; the dehiscence taking place 

 . through the backs of the cells. 



Septilat'eral (Lat. septem, seven ; 

 latus, a side). Having seven sides. 



Septil'lion (Lat. septem, seven; mil- 

 lion). A million multiplied seven 

 times into itself. 



Sep'tuagint (Lat. septuagin'ta, 

 seventy). A Greek translation of 

 the Old Testament, supposed to 

 have been the work of seventy or 

 seventy-two interpreters. 



Sep'tulate (Lat. septum, a partition). 

 In botany, applied to fruits having 

 spurious transverse dissepiments or 

 partitions. 



Sep'tum (Lat. sefpio, I inclose or 

 hedge in). A partition ; in botany, 

 a division in an ovary or seed vessel 

 formed by the sides of the carpels, 

 applied in anatomy to the partitions 

 between organs in various parts. 



Seque'la (Lat. seq'uor, I follow). That 

 which follows ; in medicine, applied 

 to a diseased state following on an 

 attack of some other disease. 



Seciues'truni (Lat). In surgery, a 

 dead portion of bone. 



Se'rial (Lat. se'ries, an order). Fol- 

 lowing in a determinate order or in 

 distinct rows. 



Seric'eous (Lat. se'ricum, silk). Silky ; 

 covered with fine closely pressed 

 hairs. 



Se'ries (Lat. an order). A continued 

 succession or order ; in arithmetic 

 and algebra, a number of quantities 

 succeeding each other in regular in- 

 creasing or diminishing order, either 

 by a common difference or a com- 

 mon multiplier. 



Seros'ity (Lat. serum, whey). The 

 serum of the blood, or the whey of 

 milk. 



Se'rous (Lat. serum, whey). Like 

 serum or whey ; secreting serum. 



Se'rous Membrane. A closed mem- 

 braneous bag, having its internal 

 surface moistened with serum, and 

 lining some cavity of the body which 

 has no outlet. 



Serpentine (Lat. ser'pens, a serpent). 

 Like a serpent ; coiled or twisted : 

 in geology, a rock of flint and mag- 

 nesia, of mottled colour, like the 

 skin of a serpent. 



Ser'rate (Lat. serra, a saw). Notched 



