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saccule, n., sak'-ul (L. sacculus, a 

 little bag from saccus, a bag), 

 a little sac ; a cyst or cell : sac- 

 cular, a., sak'ul-ar, of or pert. 

 to a little sac or cyst : sacculus 

 laryngis, Idr-mf-is (mod. L. lar- 

 ynx, the upper part of the wind- 

 pipe, laryngis , of the larynx ; Gr. 

 larungx), the little pouch of the 

 larynx ; a membranous sac, conical 

 in form, placed between the super- 

 ior vocal cord, and the inner sur- 

 face of the thyroid cartilage. 

 sacrum, n., sak'rum (L, sacer or 

 sacrum, sacred), in anat., the 

 bone which forms the termination 

 or basis of the vertebral column, 

 also called os sacrum, the sacred 

 bone : sacral, a. , sdk'ral, of or 

 pert, to the sacrum : sacral 

 aspect, the appearance towards 

 the region where the sacrum is 

 situated : sacro, sdk'ro, denoting 

 parts connected with the sacrum: 

 sacro - coccygeal, kdk'wdj-e'dl 

 (see * coccyx ' ), a name for two 

 ligaments, the inferior, con- 

 sisting of a few irregular fibres, 

 the posterior, of a flat band of 

 ligamentous fibres of a pearly 

 tint: sacro -iliac, il'-i-ak (L. 

 ilia, the flank, the entrails), 

 applied to the joints which con- 

 nect the sacrum with the ilium : 

 sacro-lumbalis, lum-bdl'is (L. 

 lumbalis, pert, to the lumbus or 

 loin), a large muscle which passes 

 from the ilium to the lower ribs : 

 sacro -sciatic, si-at'-ik (L. ischia, 

 the hip-bones, of which sciatica 

 is a mere corruption), applied to 

 the ligaments connected with 

 the ischium or hip-bone. 

 Sigeretia, n., sadj-er-eshf-i'd (after 

 Sageret, an eminent French 

 agriculturist), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Rhamnaceae : Sageretia 

 theezans, tliez'-anz (a native 

 name), a plant whose leaves are 

 used as a substitute for tea by 

 the poorer classes in China, 

 sagittal, a., scidj-if-tdl (L. sagitta, 

 an arrow), arrow-like ; resembling 



an arrow : sagittate, a., sadj-tf* 

 tat, in bot., shaped like the head 

 of an arrow : sagittal suture, in 

 anat., the suture which unites 

 the parietal bones of the skull. 

 Saguera, n., sag'-u-er'-a, andSagus, 

 n., sag' us (sagu, Malay name for 

 various palms), genera of the 

 Ord. Palmee : Sagus farinifera, 

 far'm-if'Zr-a, (L. farina, meal ; 

 fero, I bear), a native of Malacca ; 

 and Saguera sacharifer, sdk- 

 Tcar'-if'Zr (L. saccharum, sugar ; 

 fero, I bear), found in the 

 eastern islands of the Indian 

 Ocean, are Sago Palms, which 

 produce fine sago. 

 sal, n. , sal (L. sal, salt), a common 

 prefix among the older chemists, 

 denoting a compound having 

 definite proportions of an acid 

 with an alkali, an earth, or a 

 metallic oxide : sal-ammoniac, 

 muriate of ammonia; a compound 

 of ammonia and hydrochloric 

 acid : sal-mirabile,, mir-ab'il-e 

 (L. mirabilis, wonderful), Glaub- 

 er's salt ; sulphate of soda : sal- 

 prunella, prdn-el'-la (Ger. prun- 

 elle from L. pruna, a burning 

 or live coal), a name given to 

 nitre when fused and cast into 

 cakes or balls: sal-volatile, vol-at' 

 il-e (L. voldtilis, winged, swift), 

 the volatile salt ; the popular 

 name for ammonia, and popularly 

 pronounced sal-vol'dt-il. 

 Salacia, n., sal-a'-si-a (in Roman 

 mythology, Salacia, the wife of 

 Neptune), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Celastraceae : Salacia pyriformis, 

 pir'-i'form'-is (L. pyrum, a pear ; 

 forma, shape), a species which 

 produces an eatable fruit about 

 the size of a Bergamot pear, a 

 native of Sierra Leone. 

 salcus spiralis, salk'us sptr-dl'-is 

 (L. salcus, a furrow ; spirdlis, 

 spiral from splra, a coil, a 

 spire), a grooved border which 

 terminates the ' limbus laminae 

 spiralis ' of the cochlea. 

 SalicacesB, n. plu., sal'ik'd'-se-e 



