| Scheuermann's disease |
A non-inflammatory spinal disease that occurs in adolescence and affects the thoracic spine, especially the discs. Often painless, but can result in a stooped back.
Ãâó: www.spondylitis.org/patient_resources/glossary.asp...
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| schwannoma |
(shwah-NO-ma): A type of benign brain tumor that begins in the Schwann cells that produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve (the nerve of hearing).
Ãâó: www.spineuniverse.com/community/cancerdictionary.h...
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| schist |
A coarse-grained, strongly foliated metamorphic rock that develops from phyllite and splits easily into flat, parallel slabs.
Ãâó: college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/glo...
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| Schwann |
Sheath of, the neurilemma. Substance of, the myelin sheath which surrounds the nerve fibers of the central nervous system.
Ãâó: www.meridianinstitute.com/eamt/files/burns2/bur2gl...
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| Schlemm's canal |
(shlemz). Circular channel deep in corneoscleral junction (limbus) that carries aqueous fluid from the anterior chamber of the eye to the bloodstream.
Ãâó: www.eyeglossary.net/
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