| sabulous | Sandy; gritty. Origin: L. Sabulosus, fr. Sabulum, coarse sand (05 Mar 2000) |
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| saburra | 1. Foulness of the stomach or mouth resulting from decomposed food. Synonym: sordes. Origin: L. Sand (05 Mar 2000) |
| saburral | Relating to saburra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sac | A pouch or cavity. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sacalait | <zoology> A kind of fresh water bass; the crappie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacbrood | A viral disease affecting the larvae of bees. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccade | Rapid eye movement to redirect the line of sight. Origin: Fr. Saccade, sudden check of a horse (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccades | An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| saccadic | Jerky. See: saccadic movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccadic movement | A quick rotation of the eyes from one fixation point to another as in reading, the rapid correction movement of a jerky nystagmus, as in labyrinthine and optokinetic nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccate | <zoology> Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. Pouched dog. See Pocket mouse, under Pocket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharase | Beta-h-Fructosidase;an enzyme hydrolyzing beta-d-fructofuranosides and releasing free d-fructose; if the substrate is sucrose, the product is d-glucose plus d-fructose (invert sugar); invert sugar is more easily digestible than sucrose. Synonym: invertase, invertin, saccharase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharate | <chemistry> A salt of saccharic acid. In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saccharephidrosis | The presence of sugar in the sweat. Origin: sacchar-+ G. Ephidrosis, a slight perspiration (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccharic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |