GLOSSARY. 663 



San-a-tive. Having tlie power to heal; cifl-ative; healing; tending to 



heal; sanatory. 

 SciR-RHus. A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray 



or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised. 

 SCRO-TUM. The bag or pouch which contains the testicles, the organs 



in which the semen is generated. 

 Sed-a-Tive. a remedy which allays irritability and irritation; and irri- 

 tative activity or pain. 

 Se-ROUS. Applied to membranes which line and surround centres of 



the body which do not open directly with the surface. 

 Si-AL-o-GOGUE. A medicine that promotes the secretion of saliva by the 



salivary glands. 

 SiN-A-piSM. A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered 



mustard seed or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a 



powerful irritant. 

 SivOUGH-iNG. Thedead master separating from a foul sore; the dead 



part separating from the living tissues in mortification. 

 SpE-cif-ic. a medicine that exerts a peculiar influence over any part 



of the body; preventing or curing diseases by a peculiar adaptation 



and not on general principles. 

 Sto-mach-ic. a medicine that strengthens the stomach and increases 



its action. Notice the difference between this word and stomatic. 

 Sto-mat-ic. a medicine for diseases of the mouth. 

 Stran-GU-RY. a painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced 



by spasmodic muscular contraction. 

 Su-DOR-iF-ic. A medicine that increases the action of the sweat glands, 



thus producing sweating. 

 Sup-PU-RA-TiON. The act or process of generating pus. 

 Syn-CO-pE. The state of fainting or swooning. lyoss of consciousness 



owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face 



becoming pallid, the respiration feeble and the heart's beat weak. 

 Ten-don. A tough insensible cord, bundle or band of fibrous con- 

 nective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. 

 Tes-ti-ci,ES. The essential male gential glands which secrete the 



.semen. 

 Tet-an-us. a painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally 



from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm 



of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are 



affected it is called I^ockiaw. 



