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is the first digestive juice to attack 

 food (phys.). 



salivary (sal'ivari) a. [L. saliva, 

 spittle.] Pert, saliva, or connected 

 with it in any way (phys.") ; appl. 

 glands which secrete saliva (anat.). 



salivation (sal'Iva'shun) n. [L. 

 saliva, spittle.] The flow of saliva 

 into the mouth, especially an in- 

 creased flow (phys.}. 



salpingian (salpm'jian) a. [Gk. sal- 

 pingx, a trumpet.] Pert, the 

 Eustachian or the Fallopian tube 

 (anat.}. 



salpingopalatine, pert. Eustachian 

 tubes and palate (anat.). 



salpinx (sal'plngks) n. [Gk. salpingx, 

 a trumpet.] Eustachian or Fall- 

 opian tube (anat.}. 



salsuginous (salsu'jinus) a. [L. sal- 

 sugo, saltness.] Growing in soil 

 impregnated with salts (bot.}. 



saltatorial (saltato'rial) a. [L. saltare, 

 to leap.] Adapted for, or used in, 

 leaping or dancing ; appl. limbs of 

 jumping Insects. 



saltatory, saltatorial. 



saltigrade (sal'tigrad) a. [L. saltare, 

 to leap ; gradus, a step.] Moving 

 by leaps, as some Insects. 



samara (sama'ra) n. [L. samara, the 

 seed of the elm.] A winged in- 

 dehiscent fruit, as in elm and ash 

 (bot.}. 



samaroid (sam'aroid) a. [L. samara, 

 seed of elm ; Gk. eidos, form.] 

 Samariform ; resembling a samara 

 (bot.}. 



sanguicolous (sanggwik'olus) a. [L. 

 sanguis, blood ; colere, to inhabit.] 

 Living in the blood of animals 

 (zoo/.). 



sangniferous (sanggwif'6rus) a. [L. 

 sanguis, blood ; ferre, to carry.] 

 Conveying blood, as arteries, veins 

 (phys.}. 



sanguivorous (sanggwiv'orus) a. [L. 

 sanguis, blood ; vorare, to devour.] 

 Living on blood (zool.). 



sanidaster (san'idas'ter) n. [Gk. 

 sanidion, a panel ; aster, star.] A 

 slender rod-like spicule with spines 

 at intervals (zool.}. 



saphena (safe'na) n. [Gk. saphenes, 

 clear.] A conspicuous vein of the 

 leg, extending from the knee to 

 the foot (anat.). 



saphenous (safe'nus) a. [Gk. saphenes, 

 clear.] Pert, the internal or ex- 

 ternal saphena (anat.). 



sapropelic (sap'ropeTik) a. [Gk. 

 sapros, rotten ; pelos, mud.] Living 

 among the debris of bottom ooze. 



saprophyte (sap'rofit) n. [Gk. sapros, 

 rotten ; phyton, plant.] An organ- 

 ism which lives on dead and 

 decaying organic matter ; a sapro- 

 phytic organism. 



saprozoic (sap'rozo'ik) a. [Gk. sapros, 

 rotten ; zoon, animal.] Appl. an 

 animal organism which lives on dead 

 or decaying organic matter (zool.} 



sarcenchyma (sarkgng'kima) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; engchyma, infusion.] 

 Parenchyma in which the ground- 

 substance is granular and not 

 abundant (biol.). 



sarcocarp (sar'kokarp) n. [Gk. sarx, 

 flesh ; karpos, fruit.] The fleshy or 

 pulpy part of a fruit (bot.}. 



sarcocyte (sar'koslt) n. [Gk. sarx, 

 flesh ; kytos, hollow.] The middle 

 layer of Gregarine ectoplasm (zool.}. 



sarcode (sar'kod) n. [Gk. sarx, flesh.] 

 The body protoplasm of a Protozoan 

 (cyt.). 



sarcoderm (sar'kodgrm) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; derma, skin.] The 

 fleshy layer between a seed and the 

 external covering (bot.). 



sarcodic (sarkSd'ik) a. [Gk. sarx, 

 flesh.] Pert, or resembling proto- 

 plasm (biol.). 



sarcodictyum (sar'kodik'tium) n. 

 [Gk. sarx, flesh ; diktyon, a net.] 

 The second or network protoplasmic 

 zone of Radiolarians (zool.). 



sarcogenic (sar'k6je"n'ik) a. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; genos, offspring.] 

 Flesh-producing (biol.). 



sarcoid (sir'koid) a. [Gk. sarx, flesh ; 

 eidos, form.] Fleshy, as sponge 

 tissue (zool.). 



sarcolemma (sar'kole'm'a) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; lemma, skin.] The 

 tubular sheath of a muscle fibre 

 (anat.). 



sarcoma (sarko'ma) n. [Gk. sarx, 

 flesh.] A fleshy excrescence (bot.). 



sarcomatrix (sarkoma'triks) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; L. matrix, womb.] 

 The fourth protoplasmic zone of a 

 Radiolarian, the seat of digestion 

 and assimilation (zool.). 



