| scans | Imaging of body tissue, usually using radioactive substances. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| scansores | <ornithology> An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon, trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. Origin: L. Scandere, scansum, to climb. (11 Mar 1998) |
| scansorial | <zoology> Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot. Of or pertaining to the Scansores. <zoology> Scansorial tail, a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |