| saccharopolyspora | A genus of gram-positive bacteria whose spores are round to oval and covered by a sheath. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| saccharorrhoea | An obsolete term for glycosuria. Origin: saccharo-+ G. Rhoia, a flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharose | <chemistry> Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharosuria | An obsolete term denoting the excretion of saccharose in the urine. Origin: saccharose + G. Ouron, urine (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharum | <botany> A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. Origin: NL. See Saccharine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharum canadense | Sucrose extracted from the sap of the sugar maple, Acer saccharinum. Synonym: saccharum canadense. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharum lactis | The major sugar in human and bovine milk. Conversion of lactose to lactic acid by Lactobacilli etc. Is important in the production of yoghurt and cheese. (18 Nov 1997) |
| saccholactate | <chemistry> A salt of saccholactactic acid; formerly called also saccholate. See Mucate. See: Saccharolactatic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccholactic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic. Origin: L. Saccharon sugar + lac, lactis, milk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacchulmate | <chemistry> A salt of sacchulmic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacchulmic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid. Alternative forms: sacculmic. Origin: Saccharine + ulmic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacchulmin | <chemistry> An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacciferous | <biology> Bearing a sac. Origin: L. Saccus a sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacciform | <biology> Having the general form of a sac. Origin: L. Saccus a sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacciform recess | An extension of the cavity of the distal radioulnar articulation proximad between the two bones, an extension of the capsule of the elbow joint at the neck of the radius. Synonym: recessus sacciformis. (05 Mar 2000) |