| scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin | A culture filtrate of lysogenised group A strains of beta-haemolytic streptococci, erythrogenic when inoculated into the skin of susceptible persons, and neutralised by antibodies that appear during scarlet fever convalescence; three immunological types (A, B, and C) are recognised. Synonym: Dick test toxin, erythrogenic toxin, scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| scarlet red | O-Tolylazo-o-tolylazo-beta-naphthol. An azo dye; a dark, brownish red powder, soluble in oils, fats, and chloroform, but insoluble in water; used in medicine as a vulnerary, in histology to stain fat in tissue sections and basic proteins at high pH, and in immunoelectrophoresis. Synonym: Biebrich scarlet red, medicinal scarlet red, scharlach red, Sudan IV. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarlet red sulfonate | An azo dye that has been used to stimulate healing of chronic superficial wounds and ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarn | Dung. <zoology> Scarn bee, a dung beetle. Origin: Icel. Skarn; akin to AS. Scearn. Cf. Shearn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaroid | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes. Origin: Scarus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scarpa's fascia | The deeper, membranous or lamellar part of the subcutaneous tissue of the lower abdominal wall; it is continuous with the superficial perineal (Colles') fascia. Synonym: membranous layer of superficial fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's fluid | <anatomy> The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Origin: Endo- + lymph: cf. F. Endolymphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scarpa's foramina | Two openings in the line of the intermaxillary suture; the anterior foramen transmits the left nasopalatine nerve, the posterior the right. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's ganglion | A collection of bipolar nerve cell bodies forming a swelling on the vestibular part of the eighth nerve in the internal acoustic meatus; consists of a superior part and an inferior part connected by a narrow isthmus. Synonym: ganglion vestibulare, Scarpa's ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's habenula | Rarely used term for the cordlike remains of the vaginal process of the peritoneum. Synonym: Scarpa's habenula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's hiatus | <anatomy> The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, a helix + a hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scarpa's liquor | <anatomy> The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Origin: Endo- + lymph: cf. F. Endolymphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scarpa's membrane | The membrane closing the fenestra cochleae or rotunda. Synonym: membrana tympani secundaria, Scarpa's membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's method | Cure of aneurysm by ligation of the artery at some distance above the sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's sheath | H;one of the coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibres derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: fascia cremasterica, Cooper's fascia, Scarpa's sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |