| sycamore | <botany> A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture. The American plane tree, or buttonwood. A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus). [Written sometimes sycomore. Origin: L. Sycomorus, Gr. The fig mulberry; a fig + the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. Sycomore. Cf. Mulberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sychnocarpous | <botany> Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants. Origin: Gr. Much or frequent + fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycite | <chemical> A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig. Origin: Gr. Figlike, fr. A fig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycoceric | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycoceryl | <chemistry> A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig. Origin: Gr. A fig + wax + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycock | <zoology> The missel thrush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycoma | 1. A pendulous figlike growth. 2. A large soft wart. Origin: G. Sykoma, fr. Sykon, fig, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| sycones | <zoology> A division of calcareous sponges. They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in ampullae connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A fig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| syconium | <botany> A multiple fruit with a hollow centre, such as a fig. (19 Jan 1998) |
| syconus | <botany> A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The fig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycosiform | Resembling sycosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sycosis | <medicine> A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr. A fig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sycosis frambesiformis | A type of acneiform disorder in which secondary pyogenic infection in and around pilosebaceous structures ends in keloidal scarring. It manifests as persistent folliculitis of the back of the neck associated with occlusion of the follicular orifices. It is most often encountered in black or asian men. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sydenham | Thomas, English physician, 1624-1689. See: Sydenham's chorea, Sydenham's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sydenham's chorea | A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence. Synonym: acute chorea, chorea minor, chorea, juvenile chorea, rheumatic chorea, Sydenham's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |