| sten | A statistical term which uses the standard deviation to convert data into standardised scores which define 10 steps along a normal distribution, with five steps on either side of the mean. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Stender dish | A flat shallow vessel used in staining sections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stender, Wilhelm | <person> 19th century Leipzig manufacturer of scientific apparatus. See: Stender dish. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stenger test | A test for detecting simulation of unilateral deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenion | The termination in either temporal fossa of the shortest transverse diameter of the skull; a craniometric point. Origin: G. Stenos, narrow, + dim. -ion (05 Mar 2000) |
| steno- | Narrowness, constriction; opposite of eury-. Origin: G. Stenos, narrow (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenobregmatic | Denoting a skull narrow anteriorly, at the part where the bregma is. Origin: steno-+ G. Bregma (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenocardia | Synonym: angina pectoris. Origin: steno-+ G. Kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenocephalia | Marked narrowness of the head. Synonym: stenocephalia. Origin: steno-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenocephalous | Stenocephalic Pertaining to, or characterised by, stenocephaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenocephaly | Marked narrowness of the head. Synonym: stenocephalia. Origin: steno-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenochoria | Abnormal contraction of any canal or orifice, especially of the lacrimal ducts. Origin: G. Stenochoria, narrowness, fr. Steno-+ chora, place, room (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenocompressor | An instrument for compressing the ducts of the parotid glands (Stensen's duct) in order to keep back the saliva during dental operations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenocrotaphy | Stenocrotaphia Narrowness of the skull in the temporal region; the condition of a stenobregmate skull. Origin: steno-+ G. Krotaphos, temple (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenoderm | <zoology> Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane. Origin: Gr. Narrow, little + -derm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |