| sago | A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, atc). Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). Sago palm. <botany> A morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross-section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago. Origin: Malay. Sagu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sago spleen | Amyloidosis in the spleen affecting chiefly the malpighian bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sagoin | <zoology> A marmoset. Synonym: sagouin. Origin: F. Sagouin(formed from the native South American name). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |