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Sibilant. Hissing. 

 Soporific. Promotive of sleep. 

 Span^mia. Hydrceniia; poverty of blood. 

 Spermatozoa. Microscopic bodies found in the generative 



fluid of the male. 

 Sphacelus. Sloughing. 

 SpirometrYc The measurement of breathing power by the 



quantity of air exhaled after a forced inspiration. 

 Sporadic. Separate, independent, occasional ; not endemic 



or epidemic or contagious. 

 Squama. A scale. 



Stasis. Stagnation ; arrest of movement. 

 Steatomatous. Fatty; consisting principally of fat. 

 Stercoraceous. Faecal. 

 Stertorous. Loud and snoring. 

 Stethometer. a chest measurer. 

 Stethoscope. A tube used for mediate auscultation. 

 Sthenic. Possessed of or attended by vigor and activity. 

 Stomatitis. Inflammation of the mouth. 

 Strangury. Dysuria, ischuria. 

 SuBCREPiTANT. CrackHug, but not typically identical with 



the crepitant rale ; being a coarser sound. 

 Subjective. Originating in the mind, brain, or other part 



of the individual; as contrasted with objective^ i.e. of 



external origin. 

 SuBSULTUS Tendinum. Jerking of the tendons; e.g. of the 



wrist in low fever. 

 Succussion. Sudden shaking. 

 SuDAMiNA, Minute transparent vesicles, often seen over 



the breast or abdomen in low fevers. 

 Sudorific. Promotive of perspiration. 

 SuGGiLLATiON. Collection of blood in spots under the skin 



of the dead body. 

 Suppuration. The formation of pus. 



Sycosis. Mentagra. 



Syncope. Fainting; suspended animation. 

 Synovia. The lubricating fluid of the joints. 

 Synurgic. Co-operative : working together. 

 Systole. The act of contraction of the heart and arteries ; 

 usually applied to the contraction of the ventricles. 



