| sweaty feet syndrome | A disorder of leucine metabolism characterised by the excessive production of isovaleric acid upon protein ingestion or during infectious episodes; severe metabolic acidosis results from the large quantities of acid formed; autosomal recessive inheritance; due to a deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Synonym: sweaty feet syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| swede | 1. A native or inhabitant of Sweden. 2. <botany> A Swedish turnip. See Turnip. Origin: Cf. G. Schwede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Swediauer's disease | Achillobursitis involving inflammation of the bursa between the Achilles tendon and the os calcis. Synonym: Swediauer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Swediauer, Francois | <person> Austrian physician, 1748-1824. See: Swediauer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swedish | Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. <botany> See Turnip. Origin: Cf. G. Schwedisch, Sw. Svensk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Swedish gymnastics | A form of kinesitherapy in which certain systematised movement's of the body and limbs are regulated by resistance made by an attendant. Synonym: Swedish gymnastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Swedish movements | A form of kinesitherapy in which certain systematised movement's of the body and limbs are regulated by resistance made by an attendant. Synonym: Swedish gymnastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweeney | Disuse or neurogenic atrophy of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles in horses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweeny | <veterinary> An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. Alternative forms: swinney. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweep | 1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. "I will sweep it with the besom of destruction." (Isa. Xiv. 23) 2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. "The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies." (Isa. Xxviii. 17) "I have already swept the stakes." (Dryden) 3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. "Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain." (Dryden) 4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. "And like a peacock sweep along his tail." (Shak) 5. To strike with a long stroke. "Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre." (Pope) 6. To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. To sweep, or sweep up, a mold, to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. Origin: OE. Swepen; akin to AS. Swapan. See Swoop. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. "The road which makes a small sweep." (Sir W. Scott) 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. The almond furnace. 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe. 13. In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. Sweep of the tiller, a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc, or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc, with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. 3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweet | 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odour; sweet incense. "The breath of these flowers is sweet to me." (Longfellow) 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. "To make his English sweet upon his tongue." (Chaucer) "A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful." (Hawthorne) 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion. "Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains." (Milton) 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. "Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?" (Job xxxviii. 31) "Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working." (M. Arnold) Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. Sweet alyssum. <botany> Sweet gale. Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry. To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. Synonym: Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious. Origin: OE. Swete, swote, sote, AS. Swete; akin to OFries. Swete, OS. Swoti, D. Zoet, G. Suss, OHG. Suozi, Icel. Saetr, soetr, Sw. Sot, Dan. Sod, Goth. Suts, L. Suavis, for suadvis, Gr, Skr. Svadu sweet, svad, svad, to sweeten. 175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweet balm | <botany> A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis). Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Melissa a bee, honey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweet birch oil | Aromatic methyl ester of salicylic acid, produced synthetically or distilled from Gaultheria procumbens (family Ericaceae) or from Betula lenta (family Betulaceae). Used as a component of liniments, used externally and internally for the treatment of various forms of rheumatismit produces heat when rubbed into the skin (counterirritant). Synonym: checkerberry oil, gaultheria oil, sweet birch oil, wintergreen oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweet clover disease | A haemorrhagic disease, due to dicumarol which causes marked reduction in prothrombin, occurring in cattle fed on sweet clover fodder, spoiled during curing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweet clover poisoning | A haemorrhagic disease of herbivores, especially cattle, occurring as a result of consuming damaged hay or silage containing sweet clover, but never as a result of eating freshly cut plants or pasturing on sweet clover. The causative agent is the anticoagulant, dicumarol, which is formed in the spoilage process from the harmless coumarin. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Sickness, Sweating
Synonyms : Frey's Syndrome, Salivosudoriparous Syndrome, Von Frey Syndrome, Von Frey's Syndrome, Freys Syndrome, Gustatory Hyperhidroses, Gustatory Hyperhidrosis, Gustatory Sweating, Hyperhidroses, Gustatory, Salivosudoriparous Syndromes, Syndrome, Auriculotemporal
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Sweet Syndrome, Sweets Syndrome, Syndrome, Sweet's
Synonyms : Sweeteners, Agent, Sweetening, Agents, Sweetening, Artificial Sweetener, Substitute, Sugar, Substitutes, Sugar, Sugar Substitute, Sweetener, Sweetener, Artificial, Sweeteners, Artificial, Sweetening Agent
| sweet balm |
lemon balm: bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
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| sweet clover |
melilotus: erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
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| sweet oil |
mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil
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| sweet orange |
orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
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| swelled head |
egotism: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
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| SWE | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger |
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| SWE | use of physical or mental energy |
| SWE | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands |
| SWE | condensation of moisture on a cold surface |
| SWE | agitation resulting from active worry |
| SWE | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| SWE | a porous bag (usually of canvas) that holds water and cools it by evaporation |
| SWE | a small duct that conveys sweat from a sudoriferous gland to the surface of the skin |
| SWE | interest in a building that a tenant earns by contributing to its renovation or maintenance |
| SWE | any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration |
| SWE | lose weight by sweating |
| SWE | loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs |