| spatium interglobulare | One of a number of irregularly branched spaces near the periphery of the dentin of the crown of a tooth, through which pass the ramifications of the tubules; they are caused by failure of calcification of the dentin. Synonym: spatium interglobulare, interglobular space of Owen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spatium intervaginale bulbi oculi | The space between the fascial sheath of the eyeball and the sclera. Synonym: spatium episclerale, interfascial space, spatium interfasciale, spatium intervaginale bulbi oculi, Tenon's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium lateropharyngeum | That part of the peripharyngeum spatium located at the sides of the pharynx. Synonym: spatium lateropharyngeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium perichoroideale | The interval between the choroid and the sclera filled by the loose meshes of the lamina fusca of sclera and the suprachoroid lamina. Synonym: spatium perichoroideale, perichoroid space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium perilymphaticum | Space between the bony and membranous portions of the labyrinth. Synonym: spatium perilymphaticum, cisterna perilymphatica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium perinei profundum | The region between the perineal membrane and the endopelvic fascia of the floor of the pelvis occupied by the membranous part of the urethra, the bulbourethral gland (in the male), the deep transverse perineal and sphincter urethrae muscles, and the dorsal nerve and artery of the penis or clitoris. Synonym: spatium perinei profundum, deep perineal pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium perinei superficiale | The superficial compartment of the perineum; the space bounded above by the perineal membrane (inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm) and below by the superficial perineal (Colles') fascia; it contains the root structure of the penis or clitoris and associated musculature, plus the superficial transverse perineal muscle and, in the female only, the greater vestibular glands. Synonym: spatium perinei superficiale, Colles' space, superficial perineal pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium peripharyngeum | The space, filled with loose areolar tissue, around the pharynx; it is divided into two portions, lateral pharyngeal spatium and retropharyngeal spatium. Synonym: spatium peripharyngeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium retroinguinale | A triangular space between the peritoneum and the transversalis fascia, at the lower angle of which is the inguinal ligament; it contains the lower portion of the external iliac artery. Synonym: Bogros' space, spatium retroinguinale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium retroperitoneale | An area occupying the most posterior aspect of the abdominal cavity. It is bounded laterally by the borders of the quadratus lumborum muscles and extends from the diaphragm to the brim of the true pelvis, where it continues as the pelvic extraperitoneal space. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spatium retropharyngeum | That part of the peripharyngeal spatium located posterior to the pharynx. In the normal adult it measures 4 mm (at C3 level), but is considered abnormal when greater than 7 mm. Can be icreased with a cervical spine fracture, retropharyngeal abscess. Synonym: spatium retropharyngeum, postpharyngeal space. (21 Jun 2000) |
| spatium retropubicum | The area of loose connective tissue between the bladder with its related fascia and the pubis and anterior abdominal wall. Synonym: spatium retropubicum, cavum retzii, Retzius' cavity, Retzius' space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatium subdurale | Originally thought to be a narrow fluid-filled interval between the dural and arachnoid; now known to be an artificial space created by the separation of the arachnoid from the dura as the result of trauma or some ongoing pathologic process; in the healthy state, the arachnoid is attached to the dura and a naturally occurring subdural space is not present. Synonym: spatium subdurale, cavum subdurale, subdural cavity, subdural cleavage, subdural cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatter | 1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud. "Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people." (Burke) 2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood. 3. To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner. Origin: From the root of spit salvia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spatter-dock | <botany> The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |