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The animal body as a whole with 

 the exception of the germinal or 

 reproductive cells (&'<?/.). 



somacule (so'makul) n. [Gk. soma, 

 body.] A unit of protoplasm ; a 

 biophore. See hypothetical units. 



somatic (somat'ik) a. [Gk. soma, 

 body.] Pert, the purely bodily part 

 of an animal as distinct from the 

 germinal or reproductive cells 

 (biol.}. 



somatoblast (som'atoblast) n. [Gk. 

 soma, body ; blastos, bud.] A cell 

 which gives rise to somatic cells ; 

 a specialized micromere in oosperm 

 division of Annulates (emb.). 



somatocyst (som'atosist) n. [Gk. 

 soma, body ; kystis, a bladder.] An 

 air cavity in the pneumatophore of 

 Siphonophores (zool.). 



somatogenic (som'atqjen'ik) a. [Gk. 

 soma, body ; genos, offspring.] De- 

 veloping from somatic cells (emb.). 



somatome (som'atom) n. [Gk. soma, 

 body ; tome, a cutting.] A somite 

 or body segment (zool.). 



somatophyte (som'atofit) n. [Gk. 

 soma, body ; phyton, plant.] A 

 plant whose cells develop mainly 

 into adult body tissue (bot.). 



somatoplasm (som'atoplazm) n. [Gk. 

 soma, body ; plasma, something 

 moulded.] The substance of a 

 somatic cell (biol.). 



somatopleural (som'atoploor'al) a. 

 [Gk. soma, body ; pleura, side.] 

 Pert, the somatopleure. 



somatopleure (som'atoploor) n. [Gk. 

 soma, body ; pleura, side.] The 

 body-wall formed by the somatic 

 layer of the mesoblast becoming 

 closely connected with the surface 

 epiblast (emb.). 



somite (so'mlt) n. [Gk. soma, body.] 

 A mesoblastic segment or compart- 

 ment (emb.) ; a body segment of 

 an articulate animal (zool.). 



soredial (sore'dlal) a. [Gk. soros, a 

 pile.] .Pert, or resemblinga soredium 

 (bot.). 



sorediate (sore'diat) a. [Gk. soros, a 

 pile.] Bearing soredia (bot.). 



soredium (sore'dium) n. [Gk. soros, 

 a pile.] A scale-like or globular 

 body consisting of mycelium with 

 some algae cells, on the thallus of 

 some Lichens (bot,). 



soriferous (sorlf'erus) a. [Gk. soros, 

 a pile ; L.ferre, to carry.] Bearing 

 sori (bot.). 



sorosis (soro'sis) n. [Gk. soros, a 

 pile.] A composite fruit formed by 

 fusion of fleshy axis and flowers, as 

 in Pine-apple (bot.). 



sorus (so'rus) n. [Gk. soros, a pile.] 

 A collection of small stalked spor- 

 angia on the under surface of a 

 fern pinnule (bot.) ; clusters of 

 spores in some Sarcodina (zool.). 



spadiceous (spadish'us) a. [L. spadix, 

 a palm-branch.] Arranged like a 

 spadix (bot.). 



spadicifloral, spadi ceous. 



spadicifonn (spadis'iform) a. [L. 

 spadix:, a palm-branch ; forma, 

 shape.] Resembling a spadix (bot.). 



spadicose (spa'dikos) a. [L. spadix, 

 a palm-branch.] Like a spadix 

 (bot.). 



spadix (spa'diks) n. [L. spadix, a 

 palm-branch broken off with its 

 fruit ; a nut-brown colour.] A 

 racemose inflorescence with elon-* 

 gated axis, sessile flowers, and an 

 enveloping spathe (bot.). 



spasmoneme (spaz'monem) n. [Gk. 

 spasma, a spasm ; nema, a thread.] 

 In certain Infusorians, a stalk- 

 muscle formed by union of longi- 

 tudinal myonemes (zool.). 



spathaceous (spatha'shus) a. [Gk. 

 spathe, a broad blade.] Resembling 

 or bearing a spathe (bot.). 



spathal, spathaceous. 



spathe (spath) n. [Gk. spathe, a broad 

 blade.] A large enveloping leaf, 

 green or petaloid, protecting a 

 spadix (bot.). 



spathed (spathd) a. [Gk. spathe, a 

 broad blade.] Furnished with a 

 spathe (bot.). 



spathella (spathel'a) n. [Gk. spathe, 

 a broad blade.] A small spathe 

 surrounding a division of a palm 

 spadix (hot.). 



spathose (spa'thos) a. [Gk. spathe, a 

 broad blade.] With or like a spathe 

 (bot.). 



spathous, spathose. 



spathulate, see spatulate. 



spatula (spat'ula) n. [L. spatula, a 

 spoon.] A breast-bone or anchor 

 process of certain dipterous larvae 

 (zool.). 



