| shedding | 1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. 2. That which is shed, or cast off. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Sheehan's syndrome | <syndrome> Hypopituitarism arising from a severe circulatory collapse postpartum, with resultant pituitary necrosis. Synonym: postpartum pituitary necrosis syndrome, thyrohypophysial syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sheehan, H | <person> 20th century British pathologist. See: Sheehan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sheeling | A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. Alternative forms: sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc. Origin: Icel. Skjl a shelter, a cover; akin to Dan. & Sw. Skjul. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheely | <zoology> Same as Sheelfa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheep | 1. <zoology> Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns. 2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. 3. <zoology> Rocky mountain sheep. 4. <zoology> A shepherd dog, or collie. <botany> Sheep laurel See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial. Origin: OE. Shep, scheep, AS. Scp, sceap; akin to OFries. Skp, LG. & D. Schaap, G. Schaf, OHG. Scaf, Skr. Chaga. Cf. Sheepherd. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheep bots | Oestrus ovis larvae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sheep diseases | Diseases of domestic and mountain sheep of the genus ovis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sheep-pox | A highly contagious disease of sheep, chiefly in parts of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe, caused by the sheep-pox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae. Synonym: ovinia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sheep-pox virus | A poxvirus of the genus Capripoxvirus causing sheep-pox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sheepback | <geology> A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. Produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; usually in the plural. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheepberry | <botany> The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Synonym: nannyberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheeprack | <zoology> The starling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheepshead | <zoology> A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, or Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds. The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other fishes, as the butterfish, the fresh water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and the moonfish. Origin: So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheepskin | 1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. 2. A diploma; so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |