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SPINOUS. Belonging to the spinal column.

SPLEEN. The milt. It is situated in the abdomen, and attached to the stomach.

SPLENIC. Relating to the spleen.

SPLENI-US. The name of a muscle of the neck.

STAPES. The name of one of the small bones of the ear.

STERNUM. The breast-bone. The bone that forms the front of the chest from the neck to the stomach.

STOMACH. The princ.i.p.al organ of the digestive apparatus.

STRATUM. [L. _sterno_, to stew.] A bed; a layer.

STYLOID. [L. _stylus_, a pencil.] An epithet applied to processes that resemble a style, a pen.

SUB-CLAVI-AN. [L. _sub_, under, and _clavis_, a key.] Situated under the clavicle.

SUB-LIMIS. High in place.

SUB-LINGUAL. [L. _sub_, under, and _lingua_, the tongue.] Situated under the tongue.

SUB-MAXIL-LA-RY. [L. _sub_, under, and _maxilla_, the jaw-bone.]

Located under the jaw.

SULPHUR. A simple, mineral substance, of a yellow color, brittle, insoluble in water, but fusible by heat.

SU-PE-RI-ORIS. A term applied to certain muscles.

SU-PI-NATOR. [L.] A muscle that turns the palm of the hand upward.

SUTURE. [L. _suo_, to sew.] The seam or joint that unites the bones of the skull.

SYN-OVI-A. [Gr. +syn+, _sn_, with, and +on+, _on_, an egg.] The fluid secreted into the cavities of joints for the purpose of lubricating them.

SYN-OVI-AL. Pertaining to synovia.

SYSTEM. An a.s.semblage of organs composed of the same tissues, and intended for the same functions.

SYS-TEMIC. Belonging to the general system.

SYSTO-LE. [Gr. +systell+, _sstell_, to contract.] The contraction of the heart and arteries for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation.

TARSAL. Relating to the tarsus.

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