| Scarpa's staphyloma | A bulging near the posterior pole of the eyeball due to degenerative changes in severe myopia. Synonym: Scarpa's staphyloma, sclerochoroiditis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Scarpa's triangle | A triangular space at the upper part of the thigh, bounded by the sartorius and adductor longus muscles and the inguinal ligament, with a floor formed laterally by the iliopsoas muscle and medially by the pectineus muscle; the branches of the femoral nerve are distributed within the femoral triangle; it is bisected by the femoral vessels, which enter the adductor canal at its apex. Synonym: trigonum femorale, fossa scarpae major, Scarpa's triangle, subinguinal triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa, Antonio | <person> Italian anatomist, orthopedist, and ophthalmologist, 1747-1832. See: canals of Scarpa, Scarpa's fascia, Scarpa's fluid, Scarpa's foramina, fossa scarpae major, Scarpa's ganglion, Scarpa's habenula, Scarpa's hiatus, Scarpa's liquor, Scarpa's membrane, Scarpa's method, Scarpa's sheath, Scarpa's staphyloma, Scarpa's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarring alopecia | Alopecia in which hair follicles are irreversibly destroyed by scarring processes including trauma, burns, lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, scleroderma, folliculitis decalvans, or of uncertain cause (pseudopelade). Synonym: alopecia cicatrisata, cicatricial alopecia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarus | <zoology> A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) od excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans. Synonym: parrot fish. Origin: L. See Scar a kind of fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scatchard plot | A method for analysing data for freely reversible ligand/receptor binding interactions. The graphical plot is: Bound ligand/Free ligand) against (Bound ligand), the slope gives the negative reciprocal of the binding affinity, the intercept on the x axis the number of receptors (Bound/Free becomes zero at infinite ligand concentration). The Scatchard plot is preferable to the Eadie Hoffstee plot for binding data because it is more dependent upon the values at high ligand concentration which will be the most reliable values. A nonlinear Scatchard plot is often taken to indicate heterogeneity of receptors, although this is not the only explanation possible. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Scatchard, George | <person> U.S. Chemist and biochemist, 1892-1973. See: Scatchard plot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatemia | Intestinal autointoxication. Origin: scato-+ G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| scato- | Faeces. See: copro-, sterco-. Origin: G. Skor (skat-), excrement (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatologic | Pertaining to scatology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatology | 1. The scientific study and analysis of faeces, for physiologic and diagnostic purposes. Synonym: coprology. 2. The study relating to the psychiatric aspects of excrement or excremental (anal) function. Origin: scato-+ G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatoma | Synonym: coproma. Origin: scato-+ G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatophagy | Synonym: coprophagia. Origin: scato-+ G. Phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatoscopy | Examination of the faeces for purposes of diagnosis. Origin: scato-+ G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| scatter | Spread in irradiation away from its target. (16 Dec 1997) |