| still | 1. Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." 2. Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still. "The sea that roared at thy command, At thy command was still." (Addison) 3. Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere. "When all the woods are still." 4. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low. "A still small voice." 5. Constant; continual. "By still practice learn to know thy meaning." (Shak) 6. Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines. Still life. Inanimate objects. The class or style of painting which represents inanimate objects, as fruit, flowers, dead game, etc. Synonym: Quiet, calm, noiseless, serene, motionless, inert, stagnant. Origin: OE. Stille, AS. Stille; akin to D. Stil, OS. & OHG. Stilli, G. Still, Dan. Stille, Sw. Stilla, and to E. Stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or halt. Cf. Still. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| still disease | <radiology> Seronegative juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, 85% of kids with RA, uncommon: adult-onset Still disease findings: fever, rash, adenopathy, splenomegaly (12 Dec 1998) |
| still layer | The layer of the bloodstream in the capillary vessels, next to the wall of the vessel, that flows slowly and transports the white blood cells along the layer wall, while in the centre the flow is rapid and transports the red blood cells. Synonym: plasma layer, Poiseuille's space, sluggish layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| still's disease | Also known as systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis. Still's disease presents with systemic (bodywide) illness including high intermittent fever, a salmon-coloured skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis) and around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis may not be immediately apparent but it does appear in time and may persist after the systemic symptoms are gone. Still's disease, adult-onset: (see still's disease.) although still's disease was first described in children, it is known to occur in adults. (12 Dec 1998) |
| still's disease, adult-onset | Systemic-onset rheumatoid arthritis in adults. It differs from classical rheumatoid arthritis in that it is more often marked by acute febrile onset, and generalised lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly are more prominent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Still's murmur | An innocent musical murmur resembling the noise produced by a twanging string; almost exclusively in young children, of uncertain origin and ultimately disappearing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Still, Sir George | <person> English physician, 1868-1941. See: Still's disease, Still's murmur, Still-Chauffard syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Still-Chauffard syndrome | <syndrome> The symptoms of Still's disease in one suffering from bovine or other nonhuman form of tuberculosis. Synonym: Still-Chauffard syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stillage | The grains and liquid effluent remaining after distillation. (05 Dec 1998) |
| stillbirth | The birth of an infant who has died prior to delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stillbirth rate | The number of foetal deaths divided by the sum of live births and foetal deaths occurring in the same population during the same time period. Synonym: stillbirth rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stillborn | Born dead; denoting an infant dead at birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stillborn infant | An infant who shows no evidence of life after birth. Compare: liveborn infant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling colour tables | An obsolete charts in which coloured letters are printed on coloured backgrounds in such combination that some of them are invisible to a person with deficient colour vision. Synonym: Stilling colour tables. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling's canal | A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens, containing in foetal life a prolongation of the central artery of the retina, the hyaloid artery. See: vitreous, hyaloid artery. Synonym: canalis hyaloideus, central canal of the vitreous, Cloquet's canal, Stilling's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adult-onset still's disease | Although Still's disease was first described in children, it is known to begin in adults. See: Still's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| disease, still's | Also known as systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis. Still's disease presents with systemic (bodywide) illness including high intermittent fever, a salmon-coloured skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis) and around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis may not be immediately apparent but it persists after the systemic symptoms are gone. Disease, Still's, adult-onset: Although Still's disease was first described in children, it is known to occur in adults. (12 Dec 1998) |