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lot., covered with fine, close- 

 pressed hairs ; silky. 



serolin, n., s$r'd-lm (L. serum, 

 whey ; dleum, oil), a peculiar 

 fatty matter found in the blood. 



serous, a., serous (L. s$rum, whey), 

 watery ; like whey : serosity, n., 

 s$r-8s'$-tt, the watery part of 

 blood when coagulated : serous 

 membrane, in anat., a closed 

 membranous bag having its in- 

 ternal surface moistened with 

 serum, and lining some cavity of 

 the body which has no outlet : 

 serum, n., ser'-um, the thin 

 watery substance like whey 

 which separates from the blood 

 when coagulation takes place. 



ssrpentiform, a., serp-Znt'-i-ftirm 

 (L. serpens, a serpent, serpentis, 

 of a serpent ; forma, shape), 

 resembling a serpent in shape : 

 serpentary, n., serp'ent-dr-z, the 

 Virginia snake-root, the 'Aristo- 

 ]ochia serpentaria,' an infusion 

 and a tincture of whose roots are 

 used as stimulants. 



ssrrate, a., sZr'rat, or serrated, 

 a., sZr'rat-Vd (L. serrdtus, saw- 

 shaped from serra, a saw), in 

 bot., notched on the edge like a 

 saw, as a leaf: biserrate, a., bl- 

 ser'-rdt, having alternately large 

 and small teeth on the edge : 

 serratus magnus, ser-dt'us may' 

 nus (L. magnus, great), in anat., 

 the great saw-shaped muscle of 

 the lateral thoracic region, aris- 

 ing by fleshy serrations from the 

 upper ribs, and inserted into the 

 whole length of the scapula : ser- 

 ration, n., s&r-rd'shun, a form- 

 ation resembling a saw : serrul- 

 ate, a., ser'ul-dt (L. serrula, a 

 little saw), having very fine 

 notches like a saw: serrature, 

 n., s%r / -rdt-ur, a saw-like notching 

 on the edge of anything. 



Sertularida, n. phi., serf-id- dr' 

 id-ct (dim. of L. sertum, a wreath 

 of flowers), an Order of the Hydro- 

 zoa : Sertularia, n. plu., serf-til- 

 ar'-i-ci, a genus of compound 



tubular Polypes, in which the 

 cells are arranged on two sides of 

 the stem, either opposite or 

 alternate. 



serum, see under 'serous.' 



sesamoid, a., ses'-am-oyd (Gr. 

 sesamon, the grain sesame; eidos, 

 appearance), in anat., applied to 

 one of the small bones formed at 

 the articulations of the great toes, 

 and sometimes at the joints of 

 the thumbs. 



Sesamum, n., sZs'am-um (Gr. 

 sesamon, L. sesdmum, the sesame, 

 an oily plant), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Bignoniacese : Sesamum 

 orientale, 6r f -i-ent-al f -e (L. orient- 

 dlis, eastern), a species producing 

 Teel seeds, which yield a bland 

 oil, used in adulterating oil of 

 almonds. 



sessile, a., sts'sil (L. sessUis, of 

 or pert, to sitting from sedeo, I 

 sit), sitting directly upon the 

 body to which it belongs without 

 a support or foot-stalk, as a 

 sessile leaf ; sitting close. 



seta, n., set'- a, setse, n. plu., set'e 

 (L. seta, a thick, stiff hair), in 

 bot., a bristle or sharp hair ; the 

 bristle -like stalk that supports 

 the theca, capsule, or sporangium 

 of Mosses ; the awn or beard of 

 grasses which proceeds from the 

 extreme of a husk or glume ; the 

 glandular points of the rose, etc. ; 

 in zool., bristles or long stiff hairs, 

 as on caterpillars, or the Crustace- 

 ans : setaceous, a., sZt-d'shus, re- 

 sembling a bristle ; bristle- shaped : 

 setiferous, a., set-if-Zr-us (L.fero, 

 I bear), also setigerous, a. , set'idf- 

 er-us (L. gero, I bear), producing 

 bristles ; supporting bristles : seti- 

 form, a., set' i-f firm (L. forma, 

 shape), having the shape of a 

 bristle: setose, a., set-oz', set or 

 covered with bristles ; bristly. 



Setaria, n. plu., set-dr'i-a (L. seta, 

 a bristle), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Graminese, whose involucrum is 

 bristly : SetariaGermanica, germ* 

 an'-ik-a (L. Germanicus, of or 



