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of the lower extremities, extend- 

 ing from the knee to the ankle 

 and foot ; also applied to a nerve 

 in same region : saphenous, a., 

 saf'en'us, applied to superficial 

 veins and nerves of the thigh 

 and leg. 



sapid, a., sap' id (L. sapidus, 

 having taste from sapio, I 

 taste), tasteful ; that affects or 

 stimulates the palate : sapidity, 

 IK, sdp'id'i-tl, taste ; the quality 

 of affecting the organs of taste. 



Sapindacese, n. plu., sap'm-dd' 

 se-e (L. sapo-mdicus, Indian 

 soap from sapo, soap ; indicus, 

 of or from India), the Soapwort 

 family, an Order of plants, many 

 yield edible fruits, others are 

 poisonous : Sapindus, sap-m'-dus, 

 a genus of plants whose species 

 contain a saponaceous principle : 

 Sapindus saponaria, sap'on-dr'- 

 I'd (L. sapo, soap, saponis, of 

 soap), a species whose berries, 

 called soap berries, are used as a 

 substitute for soap in the West 

 Indies : sapindaceous, a., sap'm- 

 dot shite, of or pert, to the Sapin- 

 dacese. 



sapodilla, n., sap'-od-il'la (Sp. sap- 

 otilla), a tree and its fruit, native 

 of W. Indies and S. America, 

 whose wood is a fancy wood. 



Saponaria, n., sap'on'tir^i-a (L. 

 sapo, soap, saponis, of soap), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Caryophyl- 

 lacese, which produce some very 

 beautiful species : Saponaria offic- 

 inalis, df-fis'-in-dl'is (L. officindl- 

 is, by authority from officina, a 

 workshop), a species whose leaves 

 are said to produce a lather like 

 soap when agitated in water, and 

 equally efficacious in removing 

 grease spots : saponine, n., sap'- 

 tin-in, a peculiar, poisonous sub- 

 stance existing in many of the 

 species of the Order : saponify, 

 v., sap'8n'-i-fi(L.facio, I make), 

 to convert into soap : saponifica- 

 tion, n., sdp-dn'i'fik-d'shun, con- 

 version into soap. 



Sapotacese, n. plu., sap'-ot-d'-se-e, 

 or Sapota plums, sap-6t'-a 

 (sapota, a W. Indian name of 

 several fruits), the Sapodilla 

 family, an Order of plants, many 

 yield edible fruits, some an oily 

 matter, while others act as tonics, 

 astringents, and febrifuges. 



Saprolegnieae, n. plu., sdp'-rf-Ug* 

 m r >%-e (Gr. sapros, putrid; legnon, 

 a fringe or border), a Sub-order 

 of the Algae, colourless, aquatic, 

 filamentous plants growing on 

 decaying organic matter : sapro- 

 phytes, n. plu., sap'-rd'fltz (Gr. 

 phuton, a plant), plants growing 

 on decaying vegetable matter. 



Sarcina, n., sdr'sm-d (L. sarcma, 

 a package), a genus of Fungi or 

 minute Cryptogamic plants, some- 

 times found in vomited matter : 

 Sarcina ventriculi, vVn-trik'-ul-i 

 (L. ventriculus, the belly), the 

 Sarcina of the belly, nuclei or 

 cells placed in close opposition, 

 forming organisms found in the 

 vomited contents of the stomach 

 in many morbid conditions, and 

 occasionally in other parts ; also 

 named Sarcinula ventriculi, sdr- 

 sinful- a (L. sarcinula, a little 

 package). 



sarcocarp, n., sark'-o-Tcdrp (Gr. 

 sarx, flesh ; Icarpos, fruit), in 

 lot., the fleshy part of certain 

 fruits, usually that eaten ; also 

 called ' sarcoderm, ' which see. 



sarcocele, n., sdrk<o-sel (Gr. sarx, 

 flesh ; kele, a tumour), a fleshy 

 and firm tumour on a testicle. 



sarcode, n. , sdrk'-dd (Gr. sarkodes, 

 fleshy from sarx, flesh ; eidos, 

 resemblance), the simple glutin- 

 ous substance which constitutes 

 the body or vital mass of the Prot- 

 ozoa, or lowest forms of animal 

 life ; animal protoplasm : sarc- 

 oids, n. plu., sdrk'-oydz, the 

 separate amboebiform particles 

 which in the aggregate make up 

 the flesh of a sponge. 



sarcoderm, n., sdrk'6-derm (Gr. 

 sarx, flesh ; derma, skin), in 



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