| Sar | <abbreviation> Scaffold-associated regions. <abbreviation> Sarcosine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saracen | Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders. <botany> Saracen's consound, a kind of ragewort (Senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds. Origin: l. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. Sharqi, pl. Sharqiin, Oriental Eastern, fr. Sharaga to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. Sarrasin. Cf. Sarcenet, Sarrasin, Sirocco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarafotoxin | <protein> Group of snake cardiotoxic venoms from Atractaspis engaddensis. Structurally related to the endothelins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| saralasin | <chemical> 1-(n-methylglycine)-5-l-valine-8-l-alanineangiotensin II. An octapeptide analog of angiotensin II (bovine) with amino acids 1 and 8 replaced with sarcosine and alanine, respectively. It is a highly specific competitive inhibitor of angiotensin II. Pharmacological action: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, antihypertensive agents. Chemical name: Angiotensin II, 1-(N-methylglycine)-5-L-valine-8-L-alanine- (12 Dec 1998) |
| saralasin acetate | An angiotensin II antagonist used in the treatment of essential hypertension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saraswati | The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry. Origin: Skr. Sarasvati. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcelle | <zoology> The old squaw, or long-tailed duck. Origin: F, fr. L. Querquedula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcina | <biology> A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group. <biology> Sarcina form, the tetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; applied particularly to bacteria. See micrococcus. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Of flesh, fr, flesh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcine | 1. Obsolete term for hypoxanthine. 2. A packet of cocci of the genus Sarcina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sarco | A combining form denoting muscular substance or a resemblance to flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology. Origin: G. Sarx (sark-), flesh Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcobasis | <botany> A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, flesh + base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcoblast | <zoology> A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcocarp | <botany> The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. The term has also been used to denote, any fruit which is fleshy throughout. Origin: Sacro- + Gr. Fruit: cf. F. Sarcocarpe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcocele | <medicine> Any solid tumour of the testicle. Origin: Gr., flesh + tumour: cf. F. Sacrocele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcocystis | A genus of protozoa found in reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans. This heteroxenous parasite produces muscle cysts in intermediate hosts such as domestic herbivores (cattle, sheep, pigs) and rodents. Final hosts are predators such as dogs, cats, and man. (12 Dec 1998) |