GLOSSARY. 



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Suboesophage'al (Lat. sub, under ; 

 ossoph'agus.) Beneath, the oesopha- 

 gus or gullet. 



Suborbic'ular (Lat. sub, under; orbic'- 

 ular). Almost orbicular. 



Subor'bital (Lat. sub, under; or'bita, 

 the orbit). Applied to bones de- 

 veloped in the integument about 

 the lower part of the orbit in 

 fishes. 



Sub'order (Lat. sub, under ; order). 

 A subdivision of an order, consist- 

 ing of a number of allied genera. 



Subordinate (Lat. sub, under ; or do, 

 au order). In geology, inferior in 

 the order of superposition. 



Subo'val (Lat. sub, under ; oval). 

 Somewhat oval. 



Subo'vate (Lat. sub, under ; o'vum, 

 an egg). Nearly in the shape of 

 an egg. 



Subox'ide (Lat. sub, under ; ox'ide) . 

 An oxide containing a smaller pro- 

 portion of oxygen than that in 

 which the basic characters are most 

 marked. 



Subperitone'al (Lat. sub, under ; peri- 

 tone'um). Lying beneath the peri- 

 toneal membrane. 



Sub'plinth(Lat. sub, under; plinth.} 

 A plinth placed under the principal 

 one. 



Subro'tund (Lat. sub, under ; roturi- 

 dus, round). Nearly round. 



Subsalt (Lat. sub, under ; salt). A 

 salt having an excess of the base. 



Subscap'ular (Lat. sub, under; scap'- 

 ula, the shoulder-blade). Lying 

 under the shoulder-blade, between 

 it and the chest. 



Subse'rous (Lat. sub, under ; serous). 

 Lying beneath a serous membrane. 



Sub'soil (Lat. sub, under ; soil). The 

 bed or layer of earth which lies 

 under the surface-soil, and on the 

 base of rocks on which the, whole 

 rests. 



Subspe'eies (Lat. sub, under ; spe'cies). 

 A subordinate species. 



Substra'tum, (Lat. sub, under ; stra- 

 tum). A. stratum or layer lying 

 under another. 



SubsuTphate (Lat. sub, under ; sul- 

 phate). A sulphate with excess of 

 the base. 



Subsul'tus (Lat. sub, under ; saltus, a 

 leaping). A twitching or convul- 

 sive motion. 



Subtan'gent (Lat. sub, under ; tan- 

 gent). The segment of a produced 

 or lengthened diameter or axis, in- 

 tercepted between an ordinate and 

 a tangent drawn, from the same 

 point in the curve. 



Subtend' (Lat. sub, under tmdo, I 

 stretch). To extend under or op- 

 posite to. 



Subtrip'licate (Lat. sub, under ; trip'- 

 lex, three-fold). In the ratio of 

 the cube roots ; in mathematics, 

 the subtriplicate ratio of two quan- 

 tities is the ratio which their cube 

 roots have to each other. 



Su/bulate (Lat. su'bula, an awl). 

 Shaped like an awl. 



Succinate (Lat. sucfcinum, amber). 

 A compound of succinic acid with 

 a base. 



Succin'ic (Lat. suc'cinum, amber). 

 Belonging to amber ; applied to an 

 acid obtained from amber. 



Suc'culent (Lat. succus, juice). Full 

 of juice ; applied to plants which 

 have a juicy and soft stem or leaves. 



Succus (Lat.) Juice. 



Suc'tion (Lat. sugo, I suck). The 

 act of sucking or drawing in fluid 

 substances by removing the pressure 

 of the air. 



Sucto'rial (Lat. sugo, I suck). Fitted 

 for sucking. 



Sudoriferous (Lat. su'dor, sweat ; 

 fer'o, I bear). Conducting per- 

 spiration. 



Sudorific (Lat. su'dor, sweat ; fac'io, 

 I make). Causing sweat or per- 

 spiration. 



Sudorip'arous (Lat. su'dor, sweat; 

 par'io, I produce). Producing or 

 secreting perspiration. 



Suffru'ticose(Lat. sub, under ; fru'tex, 

 a shrub). Partly shrubby : per- 

 manent or woody at the base, but 

 decaying yearly above. 



SugiTlation (Lat. sugil'lo, I make 

 black and blue). The mark left by 

 a leech or cupping-glass ; applied 

 also to livid spots noticed on dead 

 bodies. 



Sul'cate (Lat. sul'cus, a furrow). 



