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and acromiaT), the name of an 

 artery, and also of a nerve lying 

 above the acromium of the artery : 

 supra-clavicular, a., TdaV'ikf'Ul-ar 

 (see ' clavicular '), applied to two 

 branches of nerves arising from 

 the third and fourth cervical 

 nerves : supra-decompound, def> 

 kdm-pownd (see 'decompound'), 

 in bot., very much divided and 

 sub-divided : supra - maxillary, 

 maks'il'lar'i, or maks-il'-lar-i (see 

 ' maxillary '), applied to a branch 

 of the facial nerve passing over 

 the side of the maxilla to the 

 angle of the mouth : supra-renal, 

 -ren'al (see ' renal '), situated 

 above the kidneys : supra-spin- 

 atus, spln-at'-us (L. splna, a 

 spine ; splndtus, the back-bone), 

 a muscle situated above the spine 

 of the scapula, and inserted into 

 t"ie humerus, which raises the 

 arm, etc. : supra-spinous, spln'-us 

 (see ' spinous '), applied to the 

 superior and smaller division of 

 the posterior surface of the 

 scapula ; designating the liga- 

 ments which connect the spines 

 of the vertebra : supra-sternal, 

 stern'al (L. sternum, the breast- 

 bone), designating a branch of the 

 cervical nervous plexus : supra- 

 trochlear, trok'-le-ar (L. trochlea, 

 a pulley), applied to a branch of 

 the ophthalmic nerves, which is 

 prolonged to the inner angle of the 

 orbit, close to the point at which 

 the pulley of the upper oblique 

 muscle is fixed to the orbit. 

 Bural, a. , sur'-al (L. sura, the calf 

 of the leg), in anat., pert, to the 

 calf of the leg. 



surculus, n., serk'ul-us (L. sure- 

 tilus, a young twig, a shoot), a 

 shoot thrown off underground, 

 and only rooting at its base ; a 

 sucker from the neck of a plant 

 beneath the surface. 

 suspended, a., sus-pend'ed (L. sub, 

 under ; pend$o, I hang), in bot., 

 applied to an ovule hanging from 

 a point a little below the apex 



of the ovary: snspensor, n., sus* 

 pens'-or, in surg., a band to sus- 

 pend the scrotum ; in bot., the 

 cord which suspends the embryo, 

 and is attached to the radicle in 

 the young state: suspensory, n., 

 suS'pensf'OT'i, anything which 

 suspends or holds up : suspensor- 

 ium, n., sus'-pens'dr'-i-um, the 

 apparatus by which the lower 

 jaw is suspended to the upper 

 jaw. 



sustentacular, a., sus'-ten-tak'-ul-ar 

 (L. sustentaculum, a prop, a sup- 

 port), applied to a kind of con- 

 nective tissue which serves as 

 a supporting framework to the 

 peculiar elements and nourishing 

 blood-vessels of certain organs 

 and textures : sustentaculum li- 

 enis, li-en'-is (L. lien, the spleen, 

 lienis, of the spleen), the support 

 of the spleen ; a fold of peritoneum 

 extending from the diaphragm to 

 the colon : sustentaculum tali, 

 tdl'i (L. talus, the ankle-bone, 

 tali, of the ankle-bone), the sup- 

 port of the ankle-bone; a flattened 

 process which projects inwards 

 near the anterior extremity of the 

 os calcis. 



suture, n., sut'-ur, also sutura, n., 

 sut-ur'a (L. sutura, a seam 

 from sutum, to sew or stitch), 

 the method of keeping the parts 

 of a wound together by sewing, 

 etc. ; the line of junction of two 

 parts which are immovably con- 

 nected together ; the line where 

 the whorls of a univalve shell 

 join one another ; an immovable 

 articulation of bone, as in the 

 bones of the skull ; in bot., the 

 line of junction of two parts : 

 sutural, a., sut'-ur-al, in bot., ap- 

 plied to that form of dehiscence or 

 separation of fruits which takes 

 place at the sutures. 

 Swietenia, n., swet>en'$-a (after 

 Swieten, a Dutch botanist), a 

 genus of interesting and valuable 

 plants : Swietenia mahagoni, 

 ma-hay'on-i (a native name), a 



