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S
- saluretic
- substance increasing
elimination of salts into the urine
- sapro-
- in botany,
rotten
- sativus
- in botany,
cultivated
- scabies
- skin eruption due to a
mite
- scar tissue
- fibrous tissue
replacing normal tissues destroyed by injury or
disease
- schisto-
- in botany, split,
cleft
- sciatica
- pain in the lower back
and hip radiating down the back of the thigh into the leg,
often due to herniated lumbar disk
- seborrhea,
seborrheic skin disease
- skin inflammation
characterized by dry or moist, greasy, yellow crusts or
scales
- secretagogue
- agent promoting
secretion
- secretolytic
- agent breaking down
secretions
- secretomotory
- stimulating
secretion
- sedative
- calming, quieting; drug
that quiets nervous excitement
- seed
- mature ovule of seed
plants
- semper-
- in botany,
always
- sequalae
- consequences,
subsequent events
- sexual
neurasthenia
- psychogenic inhibition
of sexual performance
- sitz bath
- immersion
bath
- soporific
- sleep-inducing
agent
- spasm
- involuntary contraction
of one or more muscle groups
- spondylarthritis
- intervertebral
arthritis
- spondylitis
- inflammation of one or
more vertebrae
- static edema
- fluid accumulation in
condition of confinement
- status
lymphaticus
- thymicolymphaticus, old
term for a syndrome of supposed enlargement of the thymus
and lymph nodes in infants and young children, formerly
believed to be associated with unexplained sudden
death
- stem
- a supporting and
conducting organ usually developed initially from the
epicotyl and growing upward
- steno-
- in botany,
narrow
- stenocardia
- angina
pectoris
- stenosis
(esophageal, GI tract)
- narrowing
- stipule
- in botany,
stalk
- stolon
- stem
- stomachic
- agent that improves
appetite and digeston
- stomach-strengthening
remedy
- stomachic
- stomatitis
- inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the mouth
- strobile
- in botany, a conelike
inflorescence, as in hops
- strongyloid
- nematode
parasite
- struma
- goiter, any enlargement
of a tissue
- subsidence
- sinking or settling in
bone, as in the case of prosthetic component of an
artificial joint
- sunburn
- reddening of the skin,
with or without blistering, caused by exposure to
ultraviolet light
- sympathetic nervous
system
- portion of the
autonomic nervous system that is generally associated with
“flight or fight” reactions by increasing blood circulation
and respiration and decreasing digestion
- sympathomimetic
effect
- mimicking the action of
the sympathetic nervous system
- synergistic
- having the property
that the total combined effect of two or more factors
exceeds the sum of their individual effects
- syrup
- a liquid preparation of
medicinal substances in a concentrated aqueous solution of
sucrose
- systole
- contraction of the
heart
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