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staminate, a., stamf>in>at, also 

 staminiferous, a., stam'-in-if'-Zr- 

 'Us (L. fero, I bear), bearing 

 stamens ; applied to a male 

 flower, or to plants bearing male 

 flowers. 



staminidia, n. plu., slam'-in-id'-l-d 

 (L. stamen, a stamen, stdmmis, 

 of a stamen), in bot., same as 

 ' Antheridia,' which see. 



staminodium, n.^stamf-in'od^i'^m, 

 staminodia, n. plu., -od'-i-a (L. 

 stamen, a stamen ; htfdos, a way), 

 in bot., rudimentary or abortive 

 stamens ; stamens which become 

 sterile by the degeneration or 

 non-development of the anthers : 

 staminody, n., stamen- od'-i, the 

 conversion of parts of the flower 

 into stamens, either perfect or 

 imperfect. 



stapedius, n., stap-ed'-i-Hs (mid. L. 

 stapes, a stirrup), in anat. , a small 

 muscle inserted into the neck of 

 the stapes posteriorly : stapes, n. , 

 stdp'ez, a stirrup-like bone of the 

 middle ear, forming the third and 

 innermost bone of the chain 

 ossicles, stretching across the 

 middle ear. 



Stapelia, n., stap>el'4-a (after Dr. 

 Stapel, of Amsterdam), an extens- 

 ive genus of plants, Ord. Asclep- 

 iadacese, having a grotesque ap- 

 pearance, and singularly beauti- 

 ful star-like flowers, often having 

 a fetid odour, and hence called 

 carrion-flowers, as they attract 

 blow-flies, which deposit maggots 

 on them, and these by their move- 

 ments are alleged to cause fertil- 

 isation of the plants. 



StaphyleacesB, n. plu., 8tftf-tt'.e-a'- 

 s'e-e (Gr. stdphtile, a grape, a 

 bunch), the Bladder-nut family, 

 so named from the flowers and 

 fruit being disposed in clusters : 

 Staphylea, n., stqf'tt-e'a, a genus 

 whose species have inflated blad- 

 der-like pericarps. 



Staphyloma, n., stdf-il-om'd (Gr. 

 staphtile, a grape), an unnatural 

 protrusion of the tunics of the 



eye-ball ; a protrusion of a portion 

 of the sclerotic. 



stasimorphy, n., stas<i-mdrj^ (Gr. 

 stasis, a standing ; morphe, form, 

 shape), in bot., a deviation in 

 form, arising from an arrest of 

 growth. 



stasis, n., stds'is (Gr. stasis, a 

 stationary posture), in med., a 

 stagnation of the blood, or animal 

 fluids. 



Staticeae, n. plu., stdt'^^-e (Gr. 

 statike, capable of stopping, as- 

 tringent from statizo, I stand 

 at), a tribe or Sub -order of the 

 Order Plumbaginacese, so named 

 in allusion to the powerful astring- 

 ency of some species : Statice, 

 n., stat'Vs-e, a genus of plants : 

 Statice Caroliniana, Tcdr-d-lin-i- 

 an'' a (of or from Carolina), a 

 species whose root is one of the 

 most powerful vegetable astring- 

 ents. 



statoblasts, n. plu., stat'-d -blasts 

 (Gr. statds, stationary ; blaslos, a 

 bud), inzool., certain reproduct- 

 ive buds developed in the interior 

 of Polyzoa, but not set at liberty 

 till the death of the parent 

 organism. 



stearin, n., stef-ar-tn (Gr. stZar, 

 suet, tallow : F. stearine), the 

 solid fatty principle of animal 

 fat : stearic, a., ste-dr'-ilc, pert, 

 to stearin, or obtained from it, as 

 stearic acid. 



stearoptene, n., ste^ar-dp^ten (Gr. 

 stear, suet ; optdno, I inspect or 

 view), a solid crystalline matter 

 deposited from many essential 

 oils, allied to camphor. 



steatoma, n., stef-dt-omf-d (Gr. 

 st$ar, suet ; sfedtoma, fat), a 

 tumour containing a fatty or 

 granular material; an 'atheroma, 

 which see. 



Steganophthalmata, n. plu., steg'- 

 dn-of-thdl'-mdt-d (Gr. sttgdnos, 

 covered ; dphthdlmos, the eye), 

 in zool., certain Medusae having 

 the ' sense organs, ' or ' marginal 

 bodies,' protected by a sort of 



