| savage | To make savage. "Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf." (South) 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. 2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. "Cornels, and savage berries of the wood." (Dryden) 3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. "What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?" (E. D. Griffin) 4. Characterised by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. Synonym: Ferocious, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, fierce, pitiless, merciless, unmerciful, atrocious. See Ferocious. Origin: F. Sauvage, OF. Salvage, fr. L. Silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. Silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Savage syndrome | <syndrome> An obsolete term for amenorrhoea associated with hypergonadotrophism and normal ovarian follicles. Synonym: resistant ovary syndrome. Origin: after the surname of the first reported patient (05 Mar 2000) |
| Savage's perineal body | central tendon of perineum |
| Savage, Henry | <person> English anatomist and gynecologist, 1810-1900. See: Savage's perineal body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| savagery | 1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. "A like work of primeval savagery." (C. Kingsley) 2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. "The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse." (Shak) 3. <botany> Wild growth, as of plants. Origin: F. Sauvagerie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| savanilla | <zoology> The tarpum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| savanna | A type of woodland characterised by a very open spacing between its trees and by intervening areas of grassland. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Savary bougies | Silastic tapered tip bougies used over a guide wire in oesophageal dilatation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| save | 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. "God save all this fair company." (Chaucer) "He cried, saying, Lord, save me." (Matt. Xiv. 30) "Thou hast . . . Quitted all to save A world from utter loss." (Milton) 2. Specifically, to deliver from and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." (1 Tim. I. 15) 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. "Now save a nation, and now save a groat." (Pope) 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. "I'll save you That labour, sir. All's now done." (Shak) 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. "Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?" (Dryden) 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. "Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit." (Swift) To save appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. Synonym: To preserve, rescue, deliver, protect, spare, reserve, prevent. Origin: OE. Saven, sauven, salven, OF. Salver, sauver, F. Sauver, L. Salvare, fr. Salvus saved, safe. See Safe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| savine | <botany> A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-coloured foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc. The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana) Origin: OE. Saveine, AS. Safinae, savine, L. Sabina herba. Cf. Sabine Alternative forms: sabine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| savioress | A female savior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| savorry | <botany> An aromatic labiate plant (Satireia hortensis), much used in cooking; also called summer savory. Alternative forms: savoury. Origin: F. Savoree; cf. It. Santoreggia, satureja, L. Satureia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| savoy | <botany> Having curled leaves, much cultivated for winter use. Origin: F. Chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |