GLOSSARY. 



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Sup'plement (Lat. sub, under ; pleo, 

 I fill). That which fills up the 

 defects of any thing ; in geometry, 

 the quantity by which an arc or 

 angle falls short of 180 degrees or 

 a semicircle. 



Suppura'tion ^Lat. suppu'ro, I turn 

 into pus). The process of the 

 formation of pus as a result of 

 inflammation. 



Su'pra- (Lat. su'pra, over). A pre- 

 position used in compound words, 

 signifying over. 



Supra-acro'mial (Lat. su'pra, above ; 

 acro'mion). Lying above .the 

 acromion process of the scapula. 



Supracreta'ceous (Lat. su'pra, over ; 

 cre'ta, chalk). Applied to deposits 

 lying over the chalk formation. 



Supradecom'pound (Lat. su'pra, 

 above ; decom' pound). In botany, 

 applied to minutely divided or very 

 compound leaves. 



Suprafolia'ceous (Lat. su'pra, over ; 

 fo'lium, a leaf). Inserted above a 

 leaf or petiole. 



Supracesophage'al (Lat. su'pra, over ; 

 ces&pha'gus). Above the oesophagus. 



Supraoccip'ital (Lat. su'pra, above ; 

 oc'ciput, the back of the head). A 

 bone in the head of fishes, cor- 

 responding to the upper part of the 

 occipital bone. 



SupraorTrital (Lat. su'pra, over ; 

 or'bit). Above the orbit or eye- 

 socket. 



Suprare'nal (Lat. su'pra, over ; ren, 

 a kidney). Above the kidneys. 



Suprascap'ular (Lat. su'pra, over ; 

 scap'ula, the shoulder-blade). 

 Above the shoulder-blade. 



Supraspina'tus (Lat. su'pra, above ; 

 spina, a spine). Above the spine : 

 a name given to a muscle lying 

 above the spine of the shoulder- 

 blade. 



Su'ral (Lat. su'ra, the calf of the 

 leg). Belonging to the calf of the 

 leg. 



Surd (Lat. sur'dus, deaf). In arith- 

 metic and algebra, a root which 

 cannot be expressed in integral or 

 rational numbers. 



Suspension (Lat. suspen'do, I hang 

 up). In chemistry, the state in 



which bodies are held, but not in 

 solution, in a fluid, so that they 

 may be separated from it by filtra- 

 tion. 



Suspen'sor (Lat. suspend'o, I hang). 

 In botany, the cord which suspends 

 the embryo, and is attached to the 

 young radicle. 



Sutu'ral (Lat. sutu'ra, a suture). 

 Belonging to sutures ; in botany, 

 applied to that form of dehiscence 

 or separation of fruits which takes 

 place at the sutures. 



Su'ture (Lat. suo, I sew). A sewing : 

 in surgery, the drawing together of 

 a wound by sewing ; in anatomy, a 

 seam or joint uniting the bones of 

 the skull ; in botany, the part 

 where separate organs unite, or 

 where the edges of a folded organ 

 adhere : the dental suture of the 

 ovary is that next the centre, formed 

 by the edges of the carpels : the 

 dorsal suture is at the back, cor- 

 responding to the midribs. 



Syco'sis (Gr. <TVKOV, su'kon, a fig). A 

 form of eruptive disease, affecting 

 the skin of the chin, lower jaw, or 

 upper lip, characterised by the for- 

 mation of patches of tubercles. 



Syllable (Gr. crv\\a.&t), sul'labe, a 

 syllable). In grammar, applied to 

 the augment in the past tense of 

 Greek verbs, which is formed by 

 the addition of the vowel e, so as 

 to produce a new syllable. 



Syllable (Gr. <TVJ>, sun, together ; 

 \afi fiava>, lam! band, I take). A 

 letter or combination of letters that 

 can be uttered by a single effort of 

 the voice. 



Syllogism (Gr. crw, sun, with ; \oyi- 

 of*ai, logi'zomai, I think). In logic, 

 an argument consisting of three 

 terms, of which the first two are 

 prem ises, and the last the conclusion. 



Syllogis'tic (Gr. <rvv, sun, with ; 

 \oyio/u.ai, logi'zomai, I think). 

 Belonging to or in the form of 

 syllogisms. 



Symbleph'aron (Gr. <rw, sun, with ; 

 Phftyapov, bleph'aron, an eyelid). 

 A growing of the eyelids to the 

 eyeball. 



Symbol (Gr. o-u^aAAw, sumbal'lo, I 



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