| stoke | A unit of kinematic viscosity, that of a fluid with a viscosity of 1 poise and a density of 1 g/ml; equal to 10-4 square meter per second. Origin: Sir George Gabriel Stokes (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stoker's cramps | Cramp's caused by excessive salt loss through perspiration. Synonym: stoker's cramps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes amputation | A modification of the Gritti-Stokes amputation in that the line of section of the femur is slightly higher. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes' law | A muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis, a relationship of the rate of fall of a small sphere in a viscous fluid; applicable to centrifugation of macromolecules, the wavelength of light emitted by a fluorescent material is longer than that of the radiation used to excite the fluorescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, Sir George Gabriel | <person> British physicist and mathematician, 1819-1903. See: stoke, Stokes' law, Stokes' law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, Sir William | <person> Irish surgeon, 1839-1900. See: Stokes amputation, Gritti-Stokes amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, William | <person> Irish physician, 1804-1878. See: Stokes' law, Cheyne-Stokes psychosis, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes disease, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes-Adams disease | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stokes-Adams syndrome | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |