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GLOSSARY. 



specific gravities of various sub- 

 stances, solid as well as liquid. 



Stereom'etry (Gr. o-rcpeoy, ster'eos, 

 solid ; /jieTpov, met'ron, a measure). 

 The art of measuring solid bodies 

 and finding their solid contents. 



Stereoscope (Gr. vrfpf-os, ster'eos, 

 solid ; ffKowfia, skop'eo, I view). 

 An optical instrument by which we 

 look on two pictures taken under a 

 small difference of angular view, 

 each eye looking on one picture 

 only ; so that, as in ordinary vision, 

 two images are conveyed to the 

 brain and unite in one impression. 



Stereot'omy (Gr. <rr*pos, ster'eos, 

 solid ; TG/J.VW, tent' no, I cut). The 

 art of cutting solids into certain 

 figures or sections. 



Stereotype (Gr. trrepeos, ster'eos, 

 solid ; TWTTOS, tu'pos, type). A 

 fixed metal type ; a plate of the 

 size of a page, cast from a mould in 

 which an exact representation of 

 the types set in order by a printer 

 has been produced. 



Sternal (Lat. ster'num, the breast- 

 bone). Belonging to the breast-bone. 



Ster'no- (Lat, ster'num, the breast- 

 bone). A prefix in compound 

 words, signifying relation to the 

 sternum or breast-bone. 



Ster'num (Lat.) The breast-bone 

 to which the ribs are jointed in 

 front. 



Sternutatory (Lat. stern' uo, I sneeze). 

 Producing sneezing. 



Stethom'eter (Gr. O-TT^OJ, ste'thos, 

 the chest ; peTpov, met'ron, a mea- 

 sure). An instrument for mea- 

 suring the movements of the chest 

 on the outside. 



Steth'oscope (Gr. <n-Tj0os, ste'thos, 

 the chest ; CTKOTTCCO, skop'eo, I view). 

 A cylindrical instrument of light 

 wood or gutta percha, generally 

 hollow, for listening to the sounds 

 produced in the chest or other part 

 of the body. 



-Stich'ous (Gr. <mxos, stick' os, a row). 

 A termination in compound words 

 implying rows. 



Sthen'ic (Gr.<r0ei>os, sthen'os, strength). 

 Attended with a morbid increase of 

 vital action. 



Stig'ma (Gr. arify, sti'zo, I prick or 

 stick). In botany, the upper ex- 

 tremity of the pistil, or that part 

 which receives the pollen; in the 

 plural, stig'mata, it denotes the 

 apertures in the body of insects 

 communicating with the tracheae or 

 air-vessels. 



Stigmat'ic (Stigma). Belonging to 

 the stigma. 



Stim'ulant (Lat. stim'ulus, a goad). 

 In medicine, an article which pro- 

 duces a rapid and transient increase 

 of vital energy. 



Stim'ulus (Lat. a goad). In medi- 

 cine, that which produces a rapid 

 and transient increase of vital 

 energy ; in botany, a stinging hair. 



Stipe (Lat. sti'pes, a stalk). In bo- 

 tany, applied to the stem of palms 

 and ferns, and the stalk of agarics. 



Stip'itate (Lat. sti'pes, a stalk). Sup- 

 ported on a stalk. 



Stip'ular (Stip'ule). Resembling or 

 consisting of stipules. 



Stip'ulate (Stip'ule). Having stipules. 



Stip'ule (Lat. stip'ula, a stem). In 

 botany, a small leaf-like appendage 

 to the leaf, commonly at the base 

 of its stem. 



Stolon (Lat. sto'lo, a sucker). In 

 botany, a sucker, at first growing 

 on the surface of the ground, then 

 turning downwards and rooting. 



Stolonif'erous (Lat. sto'lo, a sucker ; 

 fer'o, I produce). Producing suckers. 



Stomap'oda (Gr. o-ro^a, stoni'a, a 

 mouth ; irovs, pous, a foot). An 

 order of Crustacea, deriving its 

 name from the manner in which 

 the feet approach the mouth. 



Stom'ata or Stom'ates (Gr. (no/j.a, 

 stom'a, a mouth). Opening between 

 the cells of the epidermis of plants 

 in parts exposed to the air. 



Strabis'mus (Lat. strab'o, one who 

 squints). Squinting; a want of 

 coincidence in the axes of the eyes. 



Strangulated (Lat. stran'gulo, I 

 choke). Choked ; in surgery, 

 having the circulation stopped in 

 any part. 



Stratification (Lat. stra'tum, a layer ; 

 fac'io, I make). The process by 

 which substancee are formed into 



