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sarcomere (sarTcomer) n. [Gk. sarx, 

 flesh ; meros, part.] A transverse line 

 subdividing the sarcostyle (phys.). 



sarcophagous (sarkof'agus) a. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; phagein, to eat.] Sub- 

 sisting on flesh (zool). 



sarcoplasm (sar'koplazm) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; plasma, something 

 moulded.] The longitudinal inter- 

 stitial reticulum of muscular tissue 

 (phys.). 



sarcosoma (saYkoso'ma) n, [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; soma, body.] The 

 fleshy portion of the body as opp. 

 the skeletal (zool.). 



sarcosperm (sar'kospe'rm) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; sperma, seed.] Sarco- 

 derm (bot.). 



sarcostyle (sar'kostll) n. [Gk. sarx, 

 flesh ; stylos, a pillar.] A fibril or 

 muscle column of muscular tissue 

 (Phys.) ; a dactylozooid column 

 (zool). 



sarcotheca (sar'kothe'ka) n. [Gk. 

 sarx, flesh ; theke, a box.] The 

 sheath of a hydrozoan sarcostyle 

 (zool.). 



sarcous (sa/kus) a. [Gk. sarx, flesh.] 

 Pert, flesh or muscle tissue (zool.). 



sannentaceous (sirme'nta'shus) a. 

 [L. sarmentum, a twig.] Having 

 slender prostrate stems or runners 

 (hot.). 



sarmentose, sarmentous, sarmen- 

 taceous. 



sarmentum (sarmSn'tum) n. [L. 

 sarmentum, a twig.] The slender 

 stem of a climber or runner (bot.). 



sarothrum (saro'thrum) n. [Gk. saro- 

 tron, a broom.] An enlarged hairy 

 tarsal joint oif a bee, the pollen 

 brush (zool.). 



sartorius (sarto'rlus) n. [L. sartor, a 

 tailor.] A thigh muscle which 

 enables the legs to be bent inwards 

 (anaf.). 



satellite (sat'gllt) n. [L. satelles, an 

 attendant.] The second of any 

 pair of individuals of a catenoid 

 colony in pseudoconjugation of 

 Gregarinida ; cf. primlte (zool.). 



saurian (sor'ian) a. [Gk. sauros, a 

 lizard.] Resembling a lizard (pal.). 



saurognathous (s6r'6gna'thus) a. [Gk. 

 sauros, lizard ; gnathos, jaw.] With 

 a saurian arrangement of jaw-bones 

 (zool.). 



saurold (sdroid) a. [Gk. sauros, 

 lizard ; eidos, form.] Resembling 

 a saurian (zool.). 



saxicavous (sak'slka'vus) a. [L. 

 saxum, rock ; cavus, hollow.] Appl. 

 rock - borers, as some Molluscs 

 (zool). 



saxicoline (saksik'olin) a. [L. saxum, 

 rock ; colere, to inhabit.] Living or 

 growing among rocks (bot., zool). 



scaberulous (skabeVulus) a. [L. 

 scaber, rough.] Somewhat rough. 



scabrate (skab'rat) a. [L. scaber, 

 rough.] Rough with a covering of 

 stiff hairs, scales, or points (bot.). 



scabrous, scabrate. 



scala (ska'la) n. [L. scala, a ladder.] 

 Any of three ladder-like canals in 

 the cochlea of the ear (zool). 



scalarlform (skalar'Iform) a. [L. scala, 

 ladder ; forma, shape.] Ladder- 

 shaped ; appl vessels or tissues 

 having bars like a ladder (bot.). 



scale (skal) n. [A.S. sceala, a shell, 

 husk.] A flat, small, platelike 

 external structure, dermal or epi- 

 dermal ; a bony, horny, or chitinous 

 outgrowth (zool) ; the bract of a 

 catkin, being of a scaly nature ; 

 the ligule of certain flowers ; a 

 modification of a stellate hair on 

 certain leaves (bot.). 



scale bark, bark in irregular sheets 

 or patches, due to irregular or 

 dipping formation of phellogen 

 (bot). 



scale leaf, a bud-protecting cata- 

 phyllary leaf (bot). 



scalene (skalen') a. [Gk. skalenos, 

 uneven.] Pert, any of the scalene 

 muscles (anal). 



scalenus (skale'nus) n. [Gk. skalenos, 

 uneven.] One of three neck muscles 

 used in bending the head, scalenus 

 posticus, medius, anticus (anat.). 



scalp (skalp) n. [M.E. scalp.] The 

 skin and subcutaneous tissues of the 

 surface of the head where hair 

 grows (anat.). 



scalpella (skalpgl'a) n. plu. [L. scal- 

 pellum, a scalpel.] Paired pointed 

 processes, parts of the maxillae of 

 Diptera (zool). 



scalpriform (skSl'prIf6rm) a. [L. 

 scalfrum, a chisel ; forma, shape.] 

 Chisel-shaped, as certain teeth 

 (zool, anat.). 



