| saemicanalis | Synonym: saemicanal. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saemicanalis musculi tensoris tympani | <anatomy> Saemicanal of the tensor muscle of the tympanum; the superior division of the canalis musculotubarius containing the tensor tympani muscle. Synonym: saemicanalis musculi tensoris tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicanalis tubae auditivae | The inferior division of the musculotubal canal which forms the bony part of the auditory (eustachian) tube. Synonym: saemicanalis tubae auditivae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicartilaginous | Composed partly of cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicircular | Forming a half circle or an incomplete circle. Synonym: semiorbicular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicircular canals | Three long canals (anterior, posterior, and lateral) of the labyrinth. They are set at right angles to each other and are situated superior and posterior to the vestibule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| saemicircular ducts | Three small membranous tubes in the bony saemicircular canals that lie within the bony labyrinth and form loops of about two-thirds of a circle. The three (anterior saemicircular duct, lateral saemicircular duct, and posterior saemicircular duct) lie in planes at right angles to each other and open into the vestibule by five openings of which one is common to the anterior and lateral ducts. Each duct has an ampulla at one end within which filaments of the vestibular nerve terminate. Synonym: ductus saemicirculares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicircular line | A crescentic line, not always clearly defined, which marks the lower limit of the posterior layer of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. Synonym: linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis, Douglas' line, linea saemicircularis, saemicircular line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicircular line of Douglas | A crescent-shaped line that defines the end of the posterior fascial sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicoma | See: saemicomatose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemicomatose | An imprecise term for a state of drowsiness and inaction, in which more than ordinary stimulation may be required to evoke a response, and the response may be delayed or incomplete. Synonym: saemiconscious. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemiconductor | A metalloid, in one form or another, that conducts electricity more easily than a true nonmetal but less easily than a metal; e.g., silicon, germanium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemiconscious | An imprecise term for a state of drowsiness and inaction, in which more than ordinary stimulation may be required to evoke a response, and the response may be delayed or incomplete. Synonym: saemiconscious. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemiconservative | The process of replicating DNA in which the two strands remain intact, separate, are copied and one parental strand goes to each daughter cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saemiconservative replication | Replication in which a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) produces two daughter dsDNA, each of which contains one of the original chains and one newly synthesised strand. (05 Mar 2000) |