Syphiloderm Syph"i·lo·derm noun [ See
Syphilis , and
Derm .]
(Medicine) A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.
Syphilodermatous Syph`i·lo·der"ma·tous adjective (Medicine) Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.
Syphiloid Syph"i·loid adjective [
Syphil is +
-oid .]
(Medicine) Resembling syphilis.
Syphilologist Syph`i·lol"o·gist noun One skilled in syphilology.
Syphilology Syph`i·lol"o·gy noun [
Syphil is +
-logy .]
That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.
Syphon Sy"phon noun See Syphon .
Syracuse Syr"a·cuse noun A red wine of Italy.
Syren Sy"ren noun See Siren . [ R.]
Syriac Syr"i·ac adjective [ Latin
Syriacus , from
Syria : confer French
syriaque .]
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. --
noun The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.
Syriacism Syr"i·a·cism noun A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
Syrian Syr"i·an adjective [ Latin
Syrius : confer French
Syrien .]
Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. --
noun A native of Syria.
Syrianism Syr"i·an·ism noun A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism. Paley.
Syriasm Syr"i·asm noun A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. M. Stuart. The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
Bp. Warburton.
Syringa Sy·rin"ga noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., ..., a shepherd's pipe, tube. Confer
Syringe .]
(Botany) (a) A genus of plants; the lilac. (b) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
Syringe Syr"inge noun [ French
seringue (cf. Pr.
siringua , Spanish
jeringa , Italian
sciringa ,
scilinga ), fg. Greek ..., ..., a pipe or tube; confer Sanskrit
svar to sound, and English
swarum . Confer
Syringa .]
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc. Garden syringe .
See Garden .
Syringe Syr"inge transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Syringed ;
present participle & verbal noun Syringing .]
1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein. 2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
Syringeal Sy·rin"ge·al adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.
Syringin Sy·rin"gin noun (Chemistry) A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac ( Syringa ) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also lilacin .
Syringocœle Sy·rin"go·cœle noun [
Syrinx + Greek ... hollow.]
(Anat.) The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.
Syringotome Sy·rin"go·tome noun [ Confer French
syringotome . See
Syringotomy .]
(Surg. & Anat.) A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy.
Syringotomy Syr`in·got"o·my noun [ Greek ... a tube, a hollow sore + ... to cut: confer French
syringotomie .]
(Surg.) The operation of cutting for anal fistula.
Syrinx Syr"inx noun ;
plural Syringes . [ New Latin , from Greek ... a pipe.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes . 2. (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds. » In birds there are two laringes, an upper or true, but voiceless, larynx in the usual position behind the tongue, and a lower one, at or near the junction of the trachea and bronchi, which is the true organ of the voice.
Syrma Syr"ma noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to drag.]
(Class. Antiq.) A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.
Syrphian Syr"phi·an adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies. --
noun (Zoology) A syrphus fly.
Syrphus fly Syr"phus fly` [ New Latin Syrphus , the generic name, from Greek ..., ..., a kind of winged insect.] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvæ feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.
Syrt Syrt noun [ Latin
syrtis a sand bank in the sea, Greek ...: confer French
syrte .]
A quicksand; a bog. [ R.]
Young.
Syrtic Syr"tic adjective Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand. [ R.]
Ed. Rev.
Syrtis Syr"tis noun ;
plural Syrtes . [ See
Syrt .]
A quicksand. Quenched in a boggy syrtis , neither sea
Nor good dry land.
Milton.
Syrup Syr"up noun ,
Syr"up*y adjective [ See
Sirup .]
Same as Sirup , Sirupy .
Syssarcosis Sys`sar·co"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to unite by flesh, to cover over with flesh;
sy`n with + ..., ..., flesh.]
(Anat.) The junction of bones by intervening muscles.
Systaltic Sys·tal"tic adjective [ Latin
systalticus drawing together, Greek ..., from ... to draw together. Confer
Sustaltic ,
Systole .]
(Physiol.) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
Systasis Sys"ta·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to stand together. See under
System .]
A political union, confederation, or league. [ R.]
Burke.
System Sys"tem noun [ Latin
systema , Greek ..., from ... to place together;
sy`n with + ... to place: confer French
système . See
Stand .]
1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system ; the solar system . The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system , or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass.
I. Watts. 2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great
system of the world."
Boyle. 3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business. 4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score , noun 5. (Biol.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system , the muscular system , the digestive system , etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity. 6. (Zoology) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. Block system ,
Conservative system ,
etc. See under Block , Conservative , etc.
Systematic, Systematical Sys`tem·at"ic, Sys`tem·at"ic·al adjective [ Greek ...: confer French
systématique .]
1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems.
I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic .
Whewell. 2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence. 3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical .
Boyle. 4. (Medicine) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. Systematic theology .
See under Theology .
Systematically Sys`tem·at"ic·al·ly adverb In a systematic manner; methodically.
Systematism Sys"tem·a·tism noun The reduction of facts or principles to a system. Dunglison.
Systematist Sys"tem·a·tist noun [ Confer French
systématiste .]
1. One who forms a system, or reduces to system. 2. One who adheres to a system.
Systematization Sys`tem·a·ti·za"tion noun [ Confer French
systématization .]
The act or operation of systematizing.
Systematize Sys"tem·a·tize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Systematized ;
present participle & verbal noun Systematizing .] [ Confer French
systématiser . Confer
Systemize .]
To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts.
Harris.
Systematizer Sys"tem·a·ti`zer noun One who systematizes. Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines.
Harris.
Systematology Sys`tem·a·tol"o·gy noun [ Greek ..., ..., system +
-logy .]
The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems. Dunglison.
Systemic Sys·tem"ic adjective 1. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood. 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases. Systemic death .
See the Note under Death , noun , 1.
Systemization Sys`tem·i·za"tion noun The act or process of systematizing; systematization.
Systemize Sys"tem·ize (sĭs"tĕm*īz)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Systemized (- īzd);
present participle & verbal noun Systemizing (- ī`zĭng).] [ Confer
Systematize .]
To reduce to system; to systematize.
Systemizer Sys"tem·i`zer (sĭs"tĕm*ī`zẽr)
noun One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.
Systemless Sys"tem·less adjective 1. Being without system. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification. 3. (Biol.) Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless .
Systole Sys"to·le noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to contract;
sy`n with + ... to set, place.]
1. (Gram.) The shortening of the long syllable. 2. (Physiol.) The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole .
Systole Sys"to·le noun (Physiol. & Biol.) The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; also, the contraction of a rhythmically pulsating contractile vacuole; -- correlative to diastole . --
Sys*tol"ic adjective
Systolic Sys·tol"ic adjective Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison.
Systyle Sys"tyle adjective [ Latin
systylos , Greek
sy`n with columns standing close;
sy`n with + ... a column: confer French
systyle .]
(Architecture) Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation . --
noun A systyle temple or other edifice.
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