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GLOSSARY. 



compare). A visible object or 

 character representing something. 



Sym'metry (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 /j.erpov, met'ron, a measure). The 

 due proportion of one thing, as part, 

 to another with respect to the 

 whole ; in botany, applied in refer- 

 ence to the parts being of the same 

 number, or multiples of each other. 



Sympathetic (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 iraBos, path'os, suffering). Having 

 common feeling ; in anatomy, 

 applied to a system of nerves which 

 are specially supplied to the viscera, 

 and blood-vessels. 



Sympathy (Gr. <rw, sun, with; 

 TTO.QOS, path'os, suffering). Fellow- 

 feeling : in medicine, applied to 

 the production of a modified or 

 diseased condition in an organ or 

 part through action or a disease of 

 some other organ or part. 



Sym'phony (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 cpwr], phone, voice). A consonance 

 or harmony of sounds : a musical 

 composition for a full band of in- 

 struments. 



Sym'physis (Gr. aw, sun, together ; 

 cpvca, phv!d, I grow). In anatomy, 

 the union of bones by means of an 

 intervening cartilage, so as to form 

 an immovable joint ; applied also 

 to the junction of the two halves 

 of the lower jaw. 



Sympesiom'eter (Gr. o-u^Trre^w, sum- 

 pie'zd, I press together ; n^rpov, 

 meifron, a measure). An instru- 

 ment for measuring the weight of 

 the atmosphere by the compression 

 of a column of gas. 



Symp'tom (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 Trnrrw, pip' to, I fall). Something 

 that happens concurrently with 

 another ; in medicine, a disordered 

 function, or assemblage of dis- 

 ordered functions, becoming ob- 

 vious in the course of a disease. 



Symptomatic (Symptom). Belonging 

 or according to symptoms ; pro- 

 duced from some apparent prior 

 disorder or injury. 



Symptomatology (Gr. av/j-Trrcana, 

 sump'tdma, a symptom ; Ao7os, 

 log' os, a discourse). The part of 

 medicine which treats of symptoms. 



Syn- or Sym- (Gr. aw, sun, with). 

 A prefix in compound words signi- 

 fying with. 



Synae'resis (Gr. crvv, sun, with ; 

 atpew, hai'reo, I take). A com- 

 bination of two vowels into one. 



Synaloe'pha (Gr. crvv, sun, with ; 

 aAficpo), alei'pho, I oil or anoint). 

 In prosody, the process by which, 

 when one word ends and the next 

 begins with a vowel, the vowel of 

 the first word is cut off, or absorbed 

 in that of the second. 



Synan'therous (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 anther). Having the anthers 

 widest in a tube round the style ; 

 applied to some composite plants. 



Synarthro'sis (Gr. aw, sun, together ; 

 apQpov, arthron, a joint). An 

 immovable joint, 



Syncar'pous (Gr. crw, sun, with ; 

 KapTros, Jcarpos, fruit). Having the 

 carpels of a compound fruit com- 

 pletely united. 



Synchondro'sis (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 XovSpos, chon'dros, a cartilage). 

 An articulation by cartilage ; ap- 

 plied especially to the joint formed 

 by the sacrum with the ilium on 

 each side. 



Synchron'ic (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 XP v s, chron'os, time). Happening 

 at the same time ; performed in the 

 same time. 



Synchronous. See Synchron'ic. 



Syncli'nal (Gr. aw, sun, with ; K\ivca, 

 Tdi'no, I lean). In geology, applied 

 to strata that dip from opposite 

 directions downwards, or which 

 incline to a common centre. 



Syn'cope' (Gr. aw, sun, with ; /COTTTCO, 

 Tcop'to, I cut). A cutting off; iu 

 medicine, fainting ; interruption of 

 the action of the heart. 



Syndesmol'ogy (Gr. aw$ea/j.os, sun- 

 des'mos, a ligament ; Xoyos, lop'os, 

 discourse) . A treatise on ligaments. 



Syndesmo'sis (Gr. crw, sun, with ; 

 Sea/j-os, des'mos, a binding). The 

 union of bones by ligaments. 



Synec'doche (Gr. aw, sun, with ; 

 e'/cSexo/ua'., ekdech'omai, I take out). 

 A figure in speech by which the 

 whole is put for a part, or a part 

 for the whole. 



