Scissure Scis"sure noun [ Latin
scissura , from
scindere ,
scissum , to cut, split.]
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. Hammond.
Scitamineous Scit`a·min"e·ous adjective [ New Latin
scitamineosus , from
Scitamineae , from Latin
scitamentum a delicacy, dainty.]
(Botany) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ( Scitamineæ ), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
Sciurine Sci"u·rine adjective [ Confer French
sciurien . See
Sciurus .]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family. --
noun A rodent of the Squirrel family.
Sciuroid Sci"u·roid adjective [
Sciurus +
-oid .]
(Botany) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.
Sciuromorpha Sci`u·ro·mor"pha noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
sciurus squirrel + Greek
morfh` form.]
(Zoology) A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
Sciurus Sci·u"rus noun [ Latin , a squirrel, Greek .... See
Squirrel .]
(Zoology) A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
Sciænoid Sci·æ"noid adjective [ Latin
sciæna a kind of fish (fr. Greek ...) +
-oid .]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Sciænidæ , a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.
Sclaff Sclaff intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sclaffed ;
present participle & verbal noun Sclaffing .] [ Orig. uncert.]
1. To scuff or shuffle along. [ Scot.]
2. (Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club, before striking the ball, in making a stroke.
Sclaff Sclaff transitive verb (Golf) To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way.
Sclaff Sclaff noun [ Scot.]
1. A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise. 2. (Golf) The stroke made by one who sclaffs. 3. A thin, solid substance, esp. a thin shoe or slipper.
Sclaundre Sclaun"dre noun Slander. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Sclav, Sclave Sclav, Sclave noun Same as Slav .
Sclavic Sclav"ic adjective Same as Slavic .
Sclavism Sclav"ism noun Same as Slavism .
Sclavonian Scla·vo"nian adjective & noun Same as Slavonian .
Sclavonic Scla·von"ic adjective Same as Slavonic .
Sclender Sclen"der adjective Slender. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Scleragogy Scler"a·go`gy noun [ Greek ...; ... hard + ... a leading or training.]
Severe discipline. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hacket.
Sclerema Scle·re"ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek
sklhro`s hard.]
(Medicine) Induration of the cellular tissue. Sclerema of adults .
See Scleroderma . --
Sclerenchyma Scle·ren"chy·ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek
sklhro`s hard +
-enchyma as in
parenchyma .]
1. (Botany) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic . » By recent German writers and their English translators, this term is used for
liber cells .
Goodale. 2. (Zoology) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
Sclerenchymatous Scler`en·chym"a·tous adjective (Bot. & Zoology) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
Sclerenchyme Scle·ren"chyme noun Sclerenchyma.
Scleriasis Scle·ri"a·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ....]
(Medicine) (a) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. (b) Induration of any part, including scleroderma.
Sclerite Scle"rite (sklē"rīt)
noun (Zoology) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
Scleritis Scle·ri"tis (skle*rī"tĭs)
noun [ New Latin ]
See Sclerotitis .
Sclerobase Scler"o·base noun [ Greek
sklhro`s hard +
ba`sis base.]
(Zoology) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion . See Illust. under Gorgoniacea , and Cœnenchyma . --
Scler`o*ba"sic adjective
Scleroderm Scler"o·derm noun [ Greek
sklhro`s hard +
de`rma skin: confer French
scléroderme .]
(a) (Zoology) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes ( Sclerodermi ) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish. (b) One of the Sclerodermata. (c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.
Scleroderma Scler`o·der"ma noun [ New Latin ]
(Medicine) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.
Sclerodermata Scler`o·der"ma·ta noun plural [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.
Sclerodermic, Sclerodermous Scler`o·der"mic, Scler`o·der"mous (Zoology) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.
Sclerodermite Scler`o·der"mite noun (Zoology) (a) The hard integument of Crustacea. (b) Sclerenchyma.
Sclerogen Scler"o·gen noun [ Greek
sklhro`s hard +
-gen .]
(Botany) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
Sclerogenous Scle·rog"e·nous adjective [ Greek
sklhro`s hard +
-genous .]
(Anat.) Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
Scleroid Scle"roid adjective [ Greek ...;
sklhro`s hard + ... form.]
(Botany) Having a hard texture, as nutshells.
Scleroma Scle·ro"ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek
sklhro`s hard +
-oma .]
(Medicine) Induration of the tissues. See Sclerema , Scleroderma , and Sclerosis .
Sclerometer Scle·rom"e·ter noun [ Greek
sklhro`s hard +
-meter .]
An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.
Sclerosed Scle·rosed" adjective Affected with sclerosis.
Sclerosis Scle·ro"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek (......, from
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Medicine) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue. 2. (Botany) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Medicine) ,
an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Called also multiple, disseminated, or insular, sclerosis .
Scleroskeleton Scle`ro·skel"e·ton noun [ Greek
sklhro`s hard + English
skeleton .]
(Anat.) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
Sclerotal Scle·ro"tal adjective (Anat.) Sclerotic. --
noun The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye. Owen.
Sclerotic Scle·rot"ic adjective [ Greek
sklhro`s hard: confer French
sclérotique .]
1. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical. 3. (Medicine) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed. Sclerotic parenchyma (Botany) ,
sclerenchyma. By some writers a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.
Sclerotic Scle·rot"ic noun [ Confer French
sclérotique .]
(Anat.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d) .
Sclerotic Scle·rot"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.
Sclerotical Scle·rot"ic·al adjective (Anat.) Sclerotic.
Sclerotitis Scler`o·ti"tis noun [ New Latin See
Sclerotic , and
-itis .]
(Medicine) Inflammation of the sclerotic coat.
Sclerotium Scle·ro"ti·um noun ;
plural Sclerotia . [ New Latin , from Greek
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Botany) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea , which produces ergot. 2. (Zoology) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
Sclerotome Scler"o·tome (sklĕr"o*tōm
or sklēr"o*tōm)
noun [ Greek
sklhro`s hard +
te`mnein to cut.]
(Zoology) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes. --
Scler`o*tom"ic adjective
Sclerous Scle"rous adjective [ Greek ....]
(Anat.) Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
Scoat Scoat transitive verb To prop; to scotch. [ Prov. Eng.]
Scobby Scob"by noun The chaffinch. [ Prov. Eng.]
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