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ulate, a., sttp'ul-dt, furnished 

 with stipules. 



stole, n. , stol, also stolon, n. , stol'dn 

 (L. stdlo, a twig or shoot spring- 

 ing from the stock of a tree), in 

 bot., a lax trailing and rooting 

 branch, given off at the summit 

 of the root, and then turning 

 downwards and taking root at 

 intervals ; in zooL, one of the 

 connecting processes of sarcode in 

 Foraminiferse ; also the processes 

 sent out by the coenosarc of 

 certain Actinozoa ; the connecting 

 tube among the social Ascidians. 



stoloniferous, a., stol'-tin-if'-er-us 

 (L. stdlo, a shoot from the stock 

 of a tree ; fero, I bear), in bot. , 

 having creeping runners, which 

 root at the joints ; see ' stolon. ' 



Stomapoda, n. phi., stowi-ap'tid-d 

 (Gr. stoma, the mouth ; pous, the 

 foot, podes, feet), an Order of 

 Crustaceans, which have thoracic 

 or true feet in connection with 

 the mouth. 



stomata, n. plu., sttim'at-a, and 

 stomates, n. plu., stom'dtz (Gr. 

 stdma, the mouth, stomata, 

 mouths), in bot., minute openings 

 in the epidermis of plants, especi- 

 ally in the leaves: stomatitis, n., 

 stom'-at'it'-is, in med., inflamma- 

 tion of the mouth. 



stomatode, n., stSm'-at-od (Gr. 

 stoma, a mouth ; hodos, a way), 

 in zooL, possessing a mouth, as 

 in the so-called stomatode Proto- 

 zoa. 



stool, n., stdl (L. stdlo, a shoot, 

 a sucker ; Ger. stulil, a stock ; 

 Manx sthol, a sprout or branch), 

 in bot., a plant from which layers 

 are propagated by bending down 

 some of its branches to the ground 

 in order to permit them to root in 

 the earth ; the root or stump of 

 a timber tree which throws up 

 shoots. 



storax, see 'Styrax.' 



stramonium, see 'Datura.' 



strangulated, a., strang'guldt'-Zd 

 (L. strangulo, I throttle), in bot., 



contracted and expanded irregul- 

 arly : strangulation, n. , strang! 

 gul-d'-sliun, a forcible obstruction 

 of the air passages ; the condition 

 of any part or organ too closely 

 constricted : strangury, n., 

 strang'-gur-i, difficult and painful 

 urination. 



stratum baeillorum, stratum bak'- 

 sil'6r'-um (L. stratum, a layer ; 

 bdellium, a small rod or wand, 

 baeillorum, of small rods), the 

 external columnar layer of the 

 retina, consisting of innumerable 

 thin rods placed vertically side 

 by side like palisades, and of 

 larger bodies interspersed, named 

 cones. 



Strepsiptera, n. plu., str$p>sipl 

 ter-d (Gr. str$pho, 1 twist; pteron, 

 a wing), an Order of insects in 

 which the anterior wings are 

 represented by twisted rudiments: 

 strepsipterous, a., -ter-us, having 

 the first pair of wings represented 

 by twisted rudiments : Strepsi- 

 rhina, n. plu., streps'i-rm'd (Gr. 

 rhis, the nose, rhinos, of the 

 nose, rhines, nostrils), a group 

 of the quadrumana ; also called 

 Prosimise. 



stria, n., strl'-a, strise, n. plu., 

 stride (L. stria, a furrow, a chan- 

 nel), in bot., a narrow line or 

 mark : striae, lines or streaks on 

 the surface of a body : striated, 

 a. , strz'dt-ed, marked or impressed 

 with thread - like lines : stria 

 terminalis, term'-m-til'-is (L. term- 

 indlis, terminal), the terminal 

 streak ; in anat. t a narrow whit- 

 ish band running along the inner 

 border of each corpus striatum 

 of the brain : striaa longitudin- 

 alis, Idnf-it'ud'm'dl'-ez (L. longit- 

 udindlis, longitudinal), longitud- 

 inal streaks ; in anat. , two white 

 tracts, placed close to each other, 

 in the corpus callosum of the 

 brain. 



stricture, n. , strilct'-ur (L. strktus, 

 drawn together, bound or tied 

 tight), in med., a spasmodic or 



