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affected with scurvy ; resembling 

 scurvy. 



Scorodosma, n., skftr'd'dfts'-ma 

 (Gr. skdrddon, garlic), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Umbelliferse : Scor- 

 odosma fcetidum, fet'id-um (L. 



fcetfdus, fetid, stinking), a species 

 found on the Sea of Aral, which 

 yields a substance similar to 

 asafcetida. 



scorpioid, a., sktirp'-i-oyd, also 

 Bcorpioidal, a., -oyd'-al (Gr. 

 skorpion, a scorpion ; eidos, re- 

 semblance), in hot., rolled in a 

 circinate manner, or resembling 

 the tail of a scorpion ; having a 

 peculiar twisted cymose inflores- 

 cence, as in Boraginaeeae : scorp- 

 ioid cyme, flowers arranged 

 alternately, or in a double row, 

 along one side of a false axis, the 

 bracts forming a double row on 

 the other side. 



Scorzonera, n., sk^-zdn-er^d (Sp. 

 escorzonera, viper grass ; Prov. 

 Sp. scorza, a viper ; nera, black), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Compos- 

 ite, Sub-ord. Chichoracese, said 

 to be good against the bites of 

 vipers : Scorzonera Hispanica, 

 his-pdn'ik-a (of or from Hispdma 

 or Spain), the viper's grass, cul- 

 tivated for its root, of the shape 

 of a carrot, which has medicinal 

 qualities in indigestion. 



Bcrobiculate, a., skrtib-ikf-ul-dt (L. 

 scrobiculus, a little furrow from 

 scrdbis, a ditch), in bot., marked 

 with little pits or depressions : 

 scrobiculus cordis, skrdb'ik'-ul-us 

 k6rd'-is (L. cor, the heart, cordis, 

 of the heart), the depression at 

 the upper part of the belly immed- 

 iately below the ensiform cartil- 

 age ; the pit of the stomach. 



scrofula, n., skr$f-ul-d (L. scrof- 

 ula, scrofula from scrqfa, a 

 breeding sow, from the belief 

 that swine were subject to a 

 similar complaint), a constitu- 

 tional disease, exhibiting itself 

 by hard indolent tumours of the 

 glands, particularly about the 



neck, and various other symp- 

 toms, and by a liability to many 

 diseases: scrofula-derma, derm' a 

 (Gr. derma, skin), cutaneous 

 scrofula. 



Scrophulariaceae, n. plu., skrdf- 

 ul'dr f 'l'd f -se'e (L. scrophula, scrof- 

 ula), the Figwort family, an 

 Order of plants, so named from 

 their supposed use in the cure 

 of scrofula, and having many 

 i beautiful and useful species : 

 Scrophularia, n. , skrof'-ul-dr'-i'd, 

 a genus of plants : Scrophularia 

 nodosa, nod-dz'a (L. nodosus, 

 full of knots from nodus, a 

 knot), the knotted figwort, whose 

 leaves have irritant qualities, and 

 have been used as emetic and 

 cathartic remedies ; also to skin 

 diseases and tumours as an oint- 

 ment or a fomentation. 



scrotum, n., skrot'-um (L. scrotum, 

 the scrotum), the sac or bag 

 which contains the testicles : 

 scrotal, a., skrot'-dl, of or pert, to 

 the scrotum. 



scurf, n. , skerf (Ger. scJiorf, Dut. 

 schorfte, scurf, scab), branny 

 scales on the scalp; the epithelial 

 scales of the skin as shed : scurfy, 

 a., skerf '-i, having scurf, or 

 covered with it. 



scurvy, n., skerv'l (mid L. scorb- 

 utus, F. scorbut, scurvy), a dis- 

 ease characterised by livid spots 

 of various sizes on the skin, and 

 by a general debility, caused by 

 confinement and improper food, 

 chiefly affecting sailors on long 

 voyages, formerly very fatal, but 

 now prevented or cured by the 

 free use of lime juice and similar 

 substances. 



scuta, n. plu., skuta (L. scutum, 

 a shield), any shield-like plates, 

 especially those developed in the 

 integument of many reptiles : 

 scutate, a., skul'dt, protected by 

 large scales ; buckler - shaped : 

 scute, n., skut, a scale as of a 

 fish or reptile. 

 i scutellum, n., skut-ZV-lum (L. 



