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winged, inde'hiscent fruit, as in 

 the elm, ash, and maple : sam- 

 aroid, a., sam'-ar-dyd (Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), having a seed- 

 vessel like a samara. 



Sambucus, n., sdm-buk'tts (L. 

 sambucus, an elder-tree), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Caprifoliacese : 

 Sambucus nigra, nlg'-rd (L. 

 niger, black), the common Elder, 

 whose fruit is employed in the 

 manufacture of a kind of wine, 

 and whose juice, and the inner 

 bark, possess purgative qualities. 



Samydacese, n. plu., sam'td'd'- 

 s&-e (unascertained), the Samyda 

 family, an Order of plants : 

 Samyda, n., sdm'id-a, a genus 

 of tropical trees. 



sanguify, v., sang'gwi-fl (L. 

 sanguis, blood ; facio, I make), 

 to form or produce blood ; 

 to convert chyle into blood : 

 sanguification, n., sang'-gwi-fik- 

 d'shun, the conversion of chyle 

 into blood : sanguine, a., sang' 

 gwin, warm or ardent in temper ; 

 containing or abounding with 

 blood : sanguivorous, a., sang- 

 gwiv'-or-us (L. voro, I devour), 

 drinking blood, and subsisting 

 on it : sanguineous, a., sang- 

 gwm'e-tis, resembling blood ; 

 abounding in blood. 



Sanguinaria, n., sdng'gwin'dr f >i>a 

 (L. sanguis, blood, sanguinis, of 

 blood, the plants yielding a red 

 juice when broken), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Papaveracese: Sang- 

 uinaria Canadensis, kdn'-dd-Zm'- 

 is (new L. Canadensis, of or pert. 

 to Canada), the plant Blood-root 

 or Pucoon, has emetic and purg- 

 ative properties : Sanguisorba, 

 n., sdng'-gwi-sorb'-a (L. sorbeti, I 

 suck up), a Sub-order of plants, 

 Ord. Rosacese, some of whose 

 species were supposed to be 

 powerful vulneraries. 



sanitary, a., sari-lt-ar-l (L. sdritt- 

 as; health from sdnus, sound 

 in body), a term applied to any 

 measures taken for the preserv- 



ation of health ; pert, to ar- 

 rangements connected with the 

 prevention of disease : sanatory, 

 a., san'dt-dr-t (L. sdndtum, to 

 heal, to restore to health from 

 sdnus, sound in body), a term 

 applied to any measures taken 

 for the restoration of health after 

 it has been lost; pert, to arrange- 

 ments connected with the cure of 

 disease : sanitary thus applies to 

 preventive measures : sanatory 

 applies to curative measures : 

 sanatorium, n., sdn'at-dr'i-um, 

 places to which persons may 

 retire for a time for the benefit 

 of their health: sanitarium, n., 

 sdn f 'it'dr f 4-um, sanitaria, n. plu., 

 -dr'4-a, places where a high state 

 of health may be maintained, 

 as hill stations for troops in 

 tropical climates. 



sanitary and sanitarium, see 

 under ' sanatory ' : sanity, n. , 

 sdn'41'% (L. sanitas, health), a 

 sound state of mind. 



Santalacese, n. plu., sdntf-dl-d's^-e 

 (L. sandalis, a species of palm 

 tree ; Ar. zandal}, the Sandal- 

 wood family, an Order of plants, 

 some are astringent, others yield 

 a perfume : Santalum, n. , sdnt'. 

 dl-um, a genus of trees : Santal- 

 um album, aW'Um (L. albus, 

 white), and other species, yield 

 Sandal-wood, which is used med- 

 icinally, and as a perfume : S. 

 Persicari, pers'-ik-dr'-i (new L. 

 Persicdrum, Persia), the Sandal- 

 wood of Persia ; a dwarf kind of 

 Australian Sandal -wood, whose 

 bark furnishes an amylaceous 

 food. 



santonin, n., sant'on-m(GT. sant- 

 dnion, w T ormwood), a crystalline 

 substance obtained from the un- 

 expanded flower-heads of certain 

 species of Artemisia, especially 

 A. Santonina, a good remedy for 

 round worms ; wormseed. 



saphena, n., soften' a (Gr. saph- 

 enes, clear, manifest), in anat., a 

 name of two conspicuous veins 



