| spatulated | 1. Shaped like a spatula. 2. To manipulate or mix with a spatula. 3. To incise the cut end of a tubular structure longitudinally and splay it open, to allow creation of an elliptical anastomosis of greater circumference than would be possible with conventional transverse or oblique (bevelled) end-to-end anastomoses. Synonym: spatulated. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spatulation | Manipulation of material with a spatula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spatz, Hugo | <person> German neurologist and psychiatrist, 1888-1969. See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease, Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spavin | <veterinary> A disease of horses characterised by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumour as popularly supposed. Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock; called also blood spavin. Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin. Origin: OE. Spaveyne, OF. Esparvain, F. Eparvin; akin to OF. Espervier a sparrow hawk, F. Epervier, fr. OHG. Sparwari (G. Sperber), fr. OHG. Sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See Sparrow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spavined | Affected with spavin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spawl | A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spawn | 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. 2. To bring forth; to generate; used in contempt. "One edition [of books] spawneth another." (Fuller) Origin: OE. Spanen, OF. Espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. Expandere to spread out. See Expand. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. 2. To issue, as offspring; used contemptuously. 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. 2. Any product or offspring; used contemptuously. 3. <botany> The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 4. <botany> The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. <zoology> Spawn eater, a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace. See: Spawn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spawner | 1. <zoology> A mature female fish. "The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand." (Walton) 2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spawner-recruit model | Biological model that relates the number of recruits or mature spawners in one generation to the number of spawners in the previous generation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| spawning gravel | Sorted, clean gravel patches of a size appropriate for the needs of resident or anadromous fish. (05 Dec 1998) |
| spay | To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal). Origin: Cf. Armor. Spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. Dyspaddu to geld, L. Spado a eunuch, Gr. <zoology> The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade. Origin: Cf. Spade a spay, Spay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spayade | <zoology> A spay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spastic paralysis |
Term used to describe a condition where people experience spasms that can be accompanied by muscle stiffness. Spasms are spontaneous, uncontrolled, exaggerated muscle contractions that can result in uncontrolled jerky movement.
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| spastic gait |
(noun) a stiff movement, toes seeming to catch and drag, legs held together with hips and knee joints slightly flexed
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| span |
the distance (center to center) of the end bearings or the distance between the lines of action of the reactions; the unobstructed space or distance between the faces of the substructure elements; the complete superstructure of a single-span bridge or a corresponding integral part or unit of a multiple-span structure
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| spatial resolution |
measurement of the smallest angular or linear separation between two objects that can be resolved by a sensor
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| spasmodic dysphonia |
A manifestation of dystonia. SD involves the muscles of the larynx and surrounding muscles and therefore involves speech. In individuals with SD, speech in blocked by intermittent spasms of the voice box (larynx).
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| SPA | any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus |
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| SPA | flesh of commercially important fishes especially of American Atlantic coastal waters |
| SPA | monetary unit in Spain |
| SPA | dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots |
| SPA | common bur marigold of the eastern United States |
| SPA | the seed of bur marigolds |
| SPA | small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches |
| SPA | large mild and succulent yellow-skinned onion |
| SPA | a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks |
| SPA | a mild seasoning made from a variety of pimiento grown in Spain |
| SPA | the people of Spain |
| SPA | a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches |