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shoulder-blade of the pectoral 

 arch of Vertebrates ; the row of 

 plates in the cup of Crinoids : 

 scapular, a., sMp'-ul-dr, of or 

 pert, to the scapula : scapulary, 

 n., skap'ul-dr-1, a broad bandage 

 with two flaps passed over the 

 shoulders. 



scar, n., skdr (Gr. eschara, the 

 scab on a wound ; Dan. skaur, 

 a notch ; F. escarre, a scar), a 

 mark left by a wound that has 

 healed ; a cicatrix. 



scarf-skin, n., skdrf-sTcin (Bav. 

 schurffen, to scratch off the 

 outside of a thing ; see ' scurf ), 

 the outer thin integument of the 

 skin ; the cuticle ; the epi- 

 dermis. 



scarification, n., sTcdr^i-fik-af-shun 

 (L. scarifico, I scratch open), 

 in surg., the act of cutting the 

 cuticle or external skin only, with 

 a lancet, as to draw blood from 

 the minute vessels only, or to 

 permit the fluid to escape in the 

 case of dropsy. 



scarious, a., skdrlf-us (F. scar- 

 ieux, membranous ; Eng. scar), 

 in bot. , having the consistence of 

 a dry scale ; having a thin, dry, 

 shrivelled appearance. 



scarlet fever, skar'-lU fev'-er (F. 

 ecarlate, It. scarlatto, scarlet), an 

 acute febrile disease, characterised 

 by a scarlet rash upon the skin, 

 and a sore throat, often with 

 swellings of various glands : 

 scarletina, n., skdr<let-en'd (It. 

 scarlattina, scarlet fever), another 

 name for scarlet fever, and not a 

 different type of the disease. 

 schindylesis, n., skm'dil-ez'is (Gr. 

 schindulesis, a fissure from 

 schizo, I cleave), that form of 

 articulation in which a thin plate 

 of bone is received into a cleft or 

 fissure formed by the separation 

 of two laminae of another, as in 

 the articulation of the rostrum of 

 the sphenoid, and perpendicular 

 plate of the ethmoid with the 



schizocarp, n., skiz'-o-kdrp (Gr. 

 schizo, I cleave ; karpos, fruit), 

 in bot., a dry seed - vessel, 

 splitting into two or more one- 

 seeded mericarps. 



Schneiderian membrane, snl* 

 der'i-dn (after the discoverer), 

 the mucous membrane lining the 

 nose. 



Schonleinii achorion, skSn-lm^i-l 

 dk'dr'i'dn (Gr. achor, scald-head, 

 achdrtis, of a scald-head ; after 

 the discoverer), the parasitic 

 plant which forms the crusts in 

 ' Porrigo-favosa. ' 



sciatica, n., sl-atf-ik-a (mid. L. 

 sciatica, sciatica from Gr. 

 ischias, a pain in the hips, 

 from ischion, the hip -joint), a 

 neuralgic affection of the hip ; 

 hip-gout: sciatic, a., si-at'ik, of 

 or pert, to rheumatic or neuralgic 

 affections of the hip. 



Scilles9, n. plu., siV-U-e (L. scilla, 

 Gr. skilla, the sea - onion, the 

 squill), a tribe or Sub-order of 

 plants, Ord. Liliaceee : Scilla, sil 

 la, an extensive genus of interest- 

 ing bulbous plants, some being 

 used as purgatives, stimulants, 

 emetics, and diaphoretics : Scilla 

 maritima, mdr-it'im-d (L. mar- 

 itimus, belonging to the sea 

 from mar$, the sea), a species 

 whose bulb supplies the officinal 

 squill, grows on Mediterranean 

 coast, used in medicine as a 

 powder, tincture, vinegar, or 

 syrup : scillitina, n., sU'-it-ln'-a, 

 a bitter, crystalline principle, 

 obtained from the S. maritima 

 or squill. 



scion, n., si'-8n (F. scion, or sion, 

 a young and tender plant), in 

 bot. , a graft or branch ; a branch 

 of one tree inserted into the stem 

 of another ; a shoot of the first 

 year. 



scirrhus, n., sHr'r#s(Gr. skirrhos, 

 L. scirrus, a hard swelling), a 

 hard tumour on any part of the 

 body; a term generally restricted 

 to a hard form of cancer : scir- 



