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"bined with three of oxygen, much 

 used in the arts and medicine ; 

 popularly named oil of vitriol: 

 sulphurous acid, an acid forming 

 the fumes evolved from sulphur 

 when burned in air : sulphuretted 

 hydrogen, a gas having the fetid 

 odour of rotten eggs, composed 

 of one equivalent of sulphur and 

 one of hydrogen. 



supercarbonate, n., sup'-$r'lcdrb f ' 

 on- at (L. super, above, in excess, 

 and carbonate), a substance which 

 holds the greatest quantity of the 

 carbonate which can be held : 

 superphosphate, n., -f6s'fdt (see 

 ' phosphate '), any substance con- 

 taining the greatest quantity of 

 phosphoric acid, which can com- 

 bine with the base. 



supercilia, n. plu., sup'-er-sil'-i-a 

 (L. super, above j cilium, an eye- 

 lid, cilia, eyelids), the eyebrows, 

 consisting of two arched emin- 

 ences of integument, which sur- 

 mount the upper circumference 

 of the orbit on each side, and 

 support numerous short, thick 

 hairs: superciliary, a., -stl'-i-ar-l, 

 situated above the eyebrow. 



superficialis colli, sup'-erfish-i-al'' 

 is Tcol'-li (L. superficialis, super- 

 ficial ; collum, the neck, colli, of 

 the neck),, in anat., the super- 

 ficial plexus of the neck, being a 

 branch of the cervical plexus, 

 arises from the second and third 

 cervical nerves. 



superior, a., sup-er^er (L. sup- 

 erior, higher. from super,. above), 

 in bot., placed above another 

 organ applied especially to in- 

 dicate the position of the ovary 

 with respect to the calyx ; in 

 anat. , higher ; more elevated. 



supertuberation, n., supper 'tuWZr- 

 af'Shun (L. super, over, above ; 

 tuber, a hump or excrescence), in 

 bot., the growth of young potatoes 

 from old ones still attached to the 

 shaw and growing. 



supervolute, a., sup'-er-vol-ut' , also 

 supervolutive, a., -vol-ut'-w (L. 



super, above, over ; vtrtutus, 

 rolled or twisted), in bot., having 

 a plaited and rolled arrangement 

 in the bud ; rolled upon itself in 

 vernation. 



supine, a., sup-In' (L. supinus, 

 bent or thrown backwards, lying 

 on the back), lying on the back, 

 or with face upwards : supinate, 

 a., sup'-in-at, in bat., leaning 

 or inclining with, exposure to the 

 sun : supination, n., sup'-in-af- 

 shun, in anat., the movement of 

 the arm by which the palm of the 

 hand is turned upwards ; the 

 opposite is called pronation : 

 supinator, n.,. sup'-in-at'-or, a 

 muscle which turns the palm of 

 the hand upwards : supinator 

 brevis, brev'is (L. brevis^ short), 

 a broad muscle, of a hollow 

 cylindrical form, and curved 

 round the upper third of the 

 radius: supinator longus, long'- 

 gus (L. longus, long), the most 

 superficial muscle on the radial 

 side of the forearm, passing from 

 the humerus to the radius. 



suppository, n., sup-pdz^U-dr-i (L. 

 suppositus, placed under from 

 sub, under ; pono, I place), a 

 solid medicinal agent for intro- 

 duction into the rectum. 



suppression, n., sup*presli f >un (L. 

 suppressuS) held or kept back 

 from sub, under ; pressus, pressed), 

 in bot. , the complete non-develop- 

 ment of organs ; in med. , arrest 

 of a normal secretion. 



suppuration, n., sup'-pur-af-shun 

 (L. suppuratus, having matter 

 gathered underneath from sub, 

 under ; pus, the white and viscous 

 matter of a sore), the matter 

 formed in a sore ; matter or pus : 

 suppurative, a., sup'pur-atfiv, 

 tending to suppurate : n., a 

 medicine or application whieh 

 promotes the formation in a sore 

 of pus. 



supra-acromial, sup'-ra - ak-rom' 

 %>al (L. supra, on the upper side 

 or top ; suptrus, upper, on high ; 



