STE- 
stereos, solid; Plasma, something 
ed.] The more solid part of 
protoplasm (cf hygroplasm); a 
i i inter- 
septal spaces of certain aeats 
Zool, 
stereospondylous (stérédspén’ em 
a. [Gk. stereos, ge hondylo 
a vertebra. } ing t the so, Ae 
each —— sg ees piece; cf. temno- 
spondylo 
stereotaxy "(ster otal a. Gk. 
- sntagged solid ; ¢axzs, arrangement.] 
The hosed reactio 
"rang contact i a solid 
phys. 
stereotro m (stéredt’répizm) 2. 
[Gk. perio solid trope, a turning.] 
Tendency of minute organisms to 
attach themselves to solid objects ; 
thigmotaxis ( pAy. 
ste: gece tér imi) 7. [Gk. or 
a port.] A slender filam 
ean fam the basidium ied 
giving g rise to spores by abecistion 
(02). 
— (stéril) a [L. ac nas barren. J 
ncapable of propagation ; afp/. a 
ae Faatle to bear fruit, a neutral 
flower, a seed unable to ‘germinate 
(07.). 
sterilize (stériliz) v. [L. sérilis, 
ren. o render incapable of 
conveyin fection, or of repro- 
ducing the species (phy 
sternal (stér’nal) a. (ok strony nc 
bre, ees Pert, the ster. 
sternite ; ae ribs eiaed: % the 
sternum "(zoo ol.). 
sternebrae (stér’ — nm. plu. [Gk. 
sternon, the breast ; edra, on analogy 
of vertedra.] Divisione of a seg- 
mented sternum or See 
(s00. 
sternite ert n. [Gk. sternon, i 
breas A sn 1 plate of 
rthr ent, carrying oo 
and aches pening (zool.). 
(sté térndklavik’a lar) 
a. [Gk. sternon, breast ; L. clavicu- 
lum, a small key.] ’ Appl. the 
articulation oe sternum and 
slavicla(a (ana 
jg cease (ste nok tal) a. [Gk. 
sternon, breast; L. Agee a rib.] 
Pert, sternum and rib s; appi. liga- 
ment, surface of heart (anat ay 
304. 
STI- 
sterno. pre epee eae Foes nokli’ d6- 
mas'toid) a. [Gk. sternon, breast 
kleis, key ; _mastos, ghee et 
fecsolnes Appl. an obiigae 
neck url stretching lee sternum 
to mastoid —— an artery in 
the same region 
ee (stér’ néskip’ alar) a. 
Gk. 
Siowlaer-bia de.] 
connecting sternum and scapu 
(anat.). 
sternotribe (stér’nétrib) - [Gk. 
sternon, breast; ¢tribein, rub.] 
Appl. flowers re fertilizing ‘Je 
ments so placed a be bru 
by the breasts of viewing Insects 
ot. ). 
sternum (stér'niim) ~. a sternum, 
the breast-bone east-bone 
- vertebrates, specialized in Bird 
ith ing-muscle 
; the v 
merous actines suideeed oe ee 
= silica (zool. 
sterrula (stér’ala) a. (Gk. séerros, 
olid.] The solid free-swimming 
larva of Alcyonaria, the stage 
preceding the erie — ape 
stichidium  (stikid’ ~ Gk. 
stichos, a row etraspore re- 
ceptacle « of some Rives (dot. 
w 
nsects; a coloured 
wing spot of certain butterflies and 
other insects ; a gill-slit of Tanicaa 
ree stigma, 
(zool.). 
stigmatic a  ¢ yy 
k.] 4 a lid cell 
a pricked m 
of an ‘aichaiiechies iA 
(atlomati? eb a. 
mig amit 
