| sordes | <dentistry> Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically, the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression. Origin: L, fr. Sordere to be dirty or foul. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| sore | 1. <symptom> Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand. 2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. "Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy." (Tillotson) 3. <medicine> Sore throat, inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche. Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. 4. <zoology> A young hawk or falcon in the first year. A young buck in the fourth year. 5. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil. "The dogs came and licked his sores." (Luke xvi. 21) Origin: F. Saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel. (04 Mar 1998) |
| sore shins | A condition seen most frequently in young thoroughbred horses during early training, and characterised by periostitis of the dorsal surface of the third metacarpal or metatarsal bone. Synonym: bucked shins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sore throat | A condition characterised by pain or discomfort on swallowing; it may be due to any of a variety of inflammations of the tonsils, pharynx, or larynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sorediate | <botany> Sorediiferous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorediiferous | <botany> Bearing soredia; sorediate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soredium | <botany> A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soree | <zoology> Same as Sora. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorehead | A disease of sheep on high mountain ranges during the summer caused by larvae of the filarial worm, Elaeophora schneideri, which localise chiefly on the head, causing intense itching and loss of wool. Synonym: sorehead. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sorel | 1. <zoology> A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. 2. A yellowish or reddish brown colour; sorrel. Origin: A diminutive. See Sore reddish brown. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorema | <botany> A heap of carpels belonging to one flower. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A heap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soremouth | A specific disease of sheep and goats, caused by the orf virus. This virus is transmissible to man and characterised by vesiculation and ulceration of the infected site. Synonym: contagious ecthyma, contagious pustular dermatitis, scabby mouth, soremouth. Origin: O.E. Orfcwealm, murrain, fr. Orf, cattle, + cwealm, destruction (05 Mar 2000) |
| soremouth virus | contagious ecthyma (pustular dermatitis) virus of sheep |
| soremuzzle | A reovirus infection, chiefly of sheep, characterised by a swollen blue tongue, catarrhal inflammation of upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, and often by inflammation of sensitive laminae of the feet and coronet. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sorensen scale | The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, used as a scale for expressing acidity and alkalinity. See: pH. Synonym: pH scale. (05 Mar 2000) |