| streblodactyly | Synonym: camptodactyly. Origin: G. Streblos, twisted, + daktylos, finger (05 Mar 2000) |
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| street drug | A controlled substance taken for non-medical purposes. Street drugs comprise various amphetamines, anaesthetics, barbiturates, opiates, and psychoactive drugs, and many are derived from natural sources (e.g., the plants Papaver somniferum, Cannibis sativa, Amanita pantherina, Lophophora williamsii). Slang names include acid (lysergic acid diethylamide), angel dust (phencyclidine), coke (cocaine), downers (barbiturates), grass (marijuana), hash (concentrated tetrahydrocannibinol), magic mushrooms (psilocybin), mescaline (peyote), speed (amphetamines). During the 1980s, a new class of "designer drugs" arose, mostly analogs of psychoactive substances intended to escape regulation under the Controlled Substances Act. Also, crack cocaine, a potent, smokable form of cocaine, emerged as a major public health problem. In the U.S. Illicit use of drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, and heroin historically has occurred in cycles. Synonym: recreational drug. (05 Mar 2000) |
| street drugs | Drugs obtained and often manufactured illegally for the subjective effects they are said to produce. They are often distributed in urban areas, but are also available in suburban and rural areas, and tend to be grossly impure and may cause unexpected toxicity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| street virus | An isolate of rabies virus from a naturally infected domestic animal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Streeter's bands | The strands of amniotic tissue adherent to the embryo or foetus; they may cause constriction of embryonic limbs. See: congenital amputation. Synonym: amniotic adhesions, annular band, constriction ring, Simonart's bands, Simonart's ligaments, Simonart's threads, Streeter's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Streeter's developmental horizon | A term borrowed from geology and archeology by Streeter to define 23 developmental stages in young human embryos, from fertilization through the first 2 months; each horizon spanned 2 to 3 days and emphasized specific anatomic characteristics, to avoid discrepancies in the determination of age and body dimensions. Origin: G.L. Streeter (05 Mar 2000) |
| Streeter, George | <person> U.S. Embryologist, 1873-1948. See: Streeter's bands, Streeter's developmental horizon(s). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Streiff, Enrico Bernard | <person> Swiss ophthalmologist, *1908.. See: Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strelitzia | <botany> A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly coloured flowers. Origin: NL, named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stremma | Synonym: sprain. Origin: G. A twist, fr. Strepho, to twist (05 Mar 2000) |
| strength | 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. "All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were." (Chaucer) "Thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty." (Milton) 2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. "The brittle strength of bones." 3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn." 4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument. 5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security. "God is our refuge and strength." (Ps. Xlvi. 1) "What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths." (Sprat) "Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation." (Jer. Taylor) 6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea? 7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; said of literary work. "And praise the easy vigor of a life Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join." (Pope) 8. Intensity; said of light or colour. "Bright Phoebus in his strength." (Shak) 9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids. 10. A strong place; a stronghold. On, or Upon, the strength of, in reliance upon. "The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt, upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for the ensuing campaign." . Synonym: Force, robustness, toughness, hardness, stoutness, brawniness, lustiness, firmness, puissance, support, spirit, validity, authority. See Force. Origin: OE. Strengthe, AS. Strengu, fr. Strang strong. See Strong. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| strength-duration curve | A graph relating the intensity of an electrical stimulus to the length of time it must flow to be effective. See: chronaxie, rheobase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strengthen | To grow strong or stronger. "The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength." (Pope) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| strengthening | That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. <medicine> Strength"eningly, Strengthening plaster, a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| strep | Very commonly used shortened form of streptococcus, a very common and important group of bacteria. See streptococcus (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Striatonigral Atrophy, Atrophies, Striatonigral, Atrophy, Striatonigral, Degeneration, Striatonigral, Striatonigral Atrophies, Striatonigral Degenerations
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Synonyms : Barn Owl, Tyto alba, Great Horned Owl, Owl, Owl, Great Horned, Owls, Great Horned
Synonyms : Strikes, Employee Strike, Strike, Strike, Employee
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| strident |
blatant: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" fricative: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" raucous: unpleasantly loud and harsh
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| strangles |
equine distemper: an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
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| strabotomy |
the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus
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| strapping |
beefy: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
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| straightjacket |
straitjacket: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
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| STR | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |
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| STR | taxing to the utmost |
| STR | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
| STR | a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs |
| STR | (archaic) strict and severe |
| STR | the way of proper and honest behavior |
| STR | the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea |
| STR | the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea |
| STR | the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland |
| STR | the strait between Spain and Africa |
| STR | a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman |
| STR | the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands south of the continent |