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bean, or * Ignatia amara ; S. col- 

 ubrina, kwUb-rin'-d (L. ctiluber, 

 a serpent); S. lagustrina, lag'-us- 

 trin'-a (unascertained), snake- 

 wood, are other species from 

 which strychnia is obtained : 

 S. Tieute, ti>utf-2 (a native name), 

 the source of a Java poison called 

 'Upas Tieute': S. toxifera, ttiks- 

 tf'-Zr-a (L. toxicum, poison ; fero, 

 I bear); andS.Guianensis,^m'aw- 

 %ns'4s (of or from Guiana), species 

 which are supposed to yield 

 the Hoorali or Ourari poison of 

 Guiana : S. potatorum, pdt'at- 

 or^-um (L. potdtus, a drinking, a 

 draught), called clearing-nut, and 

 used in India for purifying water; 

 and S.pseudo-quina,sMc'o-&M;Mi'a 

 (Gr. pseudes, false ; Sp. quina, 

 Peruvian bark), are used as tonics 

 and febrifuges, and do not possess 

 the characteristic poisonous qual- 

 ities in large quantities : strych- 

 nia, n., 8trtttnt*&, one of the 

 alkaloids contained in the seeds 

 of S. Nux-vomica : strychnic, a., 

 strik'-nik, denoting an acid ob- 

 tained also from the seeds: strych- 

 nism, n., strik'-nizm, the toxical 

 symptoms induced by the use of 

 strychnia. 



stupe, n,, stup (L. stupa, Gr. 

 stupe, tow), in med., flax, or a 

 cloth, dipped in a warm medica- 

 ment and applied to a sore, a 

 wound, or part ; a fomentation : 

 stupa, n., stup'a, in bot., a tuft 

 or mass of hair, or fine filament, 

 matted together: stupose, a., 

 $tup-6z', in bot., having a tuft of 

 hair ; composed of matted fila- 

 ments. 



stupor, n., stup'tir (L. stuped, I 

 am stupefied), that state of partial 

 insensibility often preceding coma. 

 sturdy, n., sterd'-i (Gael, stuird, 

 a disease in sheep), a parasitic 

 disease of the brain of sheep, 

 characterised by dulness and 

 stupor 



stye, n., sti (Icel. stigje, low Ger. 

 &tieg t a pustule at the corner oi 



the eye), an inflamed pustule in 

 one or other, or both, eyelids. 



style, n., stll (L. stylus, a stake, a 

 pale), in bot., the stalk inter- 

 posed between the ovary and the 

 stigma ; the prolongation of an 

 ovary bearing the stigma : styli- 

 form, a., stitti-form (L. forma, 

 shape), pointed in shape. 



StylidiacesB, n. plu., stil'id<i'd f -s^e 

 (Gr. stulos, a column, a pillar), 

 the Stylidium or stylewort family, 

 an Order of plants found at the 

 southern point of S. America : 

 Stylidium, n., stil-id'-i-urn, a 

 genus of plants ; in the species, 

 the column formed by the union 

 of the filaments and style possess 

 a peculiar irritability. 



stylo-glossus, stll r '0-glds f -us (stylo, 

 from Gr. stulos, a column, a 

 style, denoting connection with 

 the styloid process of the temporal 

 bone ; Gr. glossa, a tongue), in 

 anat., the shortest of three 

 muscles which spring from the 

 styloid process of the temporal 

 bone, situated partly under the 

 tongue : stylo-hyoid, lil f >oyd (see 

 * hyoid '), a ligament, consisting 

 of a thin fibrous cord, which 

 extends from the point of the 

 styloid process to the lesser corner 

 of the hyoid bone ; a small branch 

 of the facial nerve : stylo-mastoid, 

 mast'-oyd (see 'mastoid'), the 

 small branch given off by the 

 posterior articular artery, which 

 enters the stylo-mastoid foramen 

 in the temporal bone ; a foramen 

 in the temporal bone : stylo- 

 maxillary, maTcs''il-lar'i (see 

 ' maxilla, ' a jaw), a ligamtfit con- 

 sisting of a strong thickened band 

 of fibres connected with the cervi- 

 cal fascia, and which separates the 

 parotid from the sub-maxillary 

 gland : stylo-pharyngeus, far" 

 ing^ge'-us (Gr. pharungx, the 

 pharynx), a muscle arising from 

 the styloid process of the temporal 

 bone, and passing to the side of 

 the pharynx. 



