| staphylopharyngorrhaphy | Surgical repair of defects in the uvula or soft palate and the pharynx. Synonym: palatopharyngorrhaphy. Origin: staphylo-+ pharynx + G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
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| staphyloplasty | <surgery> The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost. Staphyloplas"tic. Origin: Gr. A bunch of grapes, also, the uvula when swollen at the lower end + -plasty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| staphyloplegia | Paralysis of the muscles of the soft palate. Synonym: staphyloplegia. Origin: palato-+ G. Plege, stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| staphyloptosis | Synonym: uvuloptosis. Origin: staphylo-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| staphylorrhaphy | Synonym: palatorrhaphy. Origin: staphylo-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| staphylotomy | <surgery> The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting. Origin: Gr. The uvula when swollen + to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| staphylotoxin | The toxin elaborated by any species of Staphylococcus. See: staphylohemolysin. Origin: staphylo-+ G. Toxikon, poison (05 Mar 2000) |
| staple | 1. A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic. "The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade." (Arbuthnot) "For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool." (Sir W. Scott) In England, formerly, the king's staple was established in certain ports or towns, and certain goods could not be exported without being first brought to these places to be rated and charged with the duty payable of the king or the public. The principal commodities on which customs were lived were wool, skins, and leather; and these were originally the staple commodities. 2. Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head. "Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news. Whenever there was a rumor that any thing important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head." (Macaulay) 3. The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States. "We should now say, Cotton is the great staple, that is, the established merchandize, of Manchester." (Trench) 4. The principal constituent in anything; chief item. 5. Unmanufactured material; raw material. 6. The fibre of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple. 7. A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like. 8. <chemical> A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. A small pit. 9. A district granted to an abbey. Origin: AS. Stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr. Stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. Stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, G. Stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw. Stapel, Dan. Stabel, and E. Step cf. OF. Estaple a mart, F. Etape. See Step. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stapling | Use of a stapling device that unites two tissues, such as the two ends of bowel, by applying a row or circle of staples. (05 Mar 2000) |
| star | To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. "A sable curtain starred with gold." Origin: Starred; Starring. 1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae. "His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night." (Chaucer) The stars are distinguished as planets, and fixed stars. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and Magnitude of a star under Magnitude. 2. The polestar; the north star. 3. <astronomy> A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. "O malignant and ill-brooding stars." (Shak) "Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." (Addison) 4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. "On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars." (Tennyson) 5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, ]; used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. 6. <chemistry> A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc, which, exploding of a air, presents a starlike appearance. 7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. Star is used in the formation of compound words generally or obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed. Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting star, etc. See Blazing, Double, etc. <astronomy> Nebulous star, a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. <botany> Star anise, a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. "With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit." (D. Webster) Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting. <botany> Star thistle, an aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms. Origin: OE. Sterre, AS. Steorra; akin to OFries. Stera, OS. Sterro, D. Ster, OHG. Sterno, sterro, G. Stern, Icel. Stjarna, Sw. Stjerna, Dan. Stierne, Goth. Stairno, Armor. & Corn. Stern, L. Stella, Gr, Skr. Star; perhaps from a root meaning, to seater, Skr. St, L. Sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally applied to the stars as beingstrewn over the sky, or as beingscatterers or spreaders of light. 296. Cf. Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| star-read | Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. "Which in star-read were wont have best insight." (Spenser) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| starch | <biochemistry> Storage carbohydrate of plants, consisting of amylose (a linear _(1-4) glucan) and amylopectin (an _(1-4) glucan with _(1-6) branch points). Present as starch grains in plastids, especially in amyloplasts and chloroplasts. (18 Nov 1997) |
| starch equivalent | The amount of oxygen consumed in the combustion of a given weight of fat as compared with that consumed in the combustion of an equal weight of starch; the figure is about 2.38, that for starch being taken as 1. (05 Mar 2000) |
| starch gum | <chemistry> A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc, and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin. Origin: Cf. F. Dextrine, G. Dextrin. See Dexter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| starch sugar | See: d-glucose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| staphylococcal protein A |
a Staphylococcus aureus cell wall protein that binds immunoglobulin G molecules and circulating immune complexes and is used as a selective immunoadsorbent in biochemical research and in the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
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| starch equivalent |
a number (nearly 2.4) expressing the amount of oxygen which a given weight of fat will require for its complete combustion as compared with the amount required by the same weight of starch.
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| State operation |
the treatment of congenital megacolon (Hirschsprung's disease) by end-to-end anastomosis of the colon from above the aganglionic segment to the upper part of the rectum.
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| static demography |
collective anatomy of communities and study of their environment.
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| staging |
A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. What characterizes it as "multi-stage" is that it successively jettisons one or more stages as they become empty. It is effectively one or more rockets (stages) stacked on top of each other in order to reduce the total amount of mass which needs to be accelerated to the final speed/height. ...
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| STA | a trait of dignified seriousness |
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| STA | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it |
| STA | a soiled or discolored appearance |
| STA | a symbol of disgrace or infamy |
| STA | the state of being covered with unclean things |
| STA | a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible |
| STA | color for microscopic study |
| STA | color with a liquid dye or tint |
| STA | produce or leave stains |
| STA | (cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes |
| STA | capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts) |
| STA | especially of reputation |