| scalded skin syndrome | <syndrome> A potentially serious side effect of infection with the staph (staphylococcus) bacteria that produces a specific protein which loosens the cement holding the various layers of the skin together. This allows blister formation and sloughing of the top layer of skin. If it occurs over large body regions it can be deadly (just like a large surface area of the body having been burned). It is necessary to treat scalded skin syndrome with intravenous antibiotics and to protect the skin from allowing dehydration to occur if large areas peel off. The disease occurs predominantly in children under 5 years of age. It is known formally as staphyloccoccal scalded skin syndrome and as ritter disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| scaldfish | <zoology> A European flounder (Arnoglosus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa). Synonym: megrin, and smooth sole. Origin: Scald, a. + fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scalding | A burning pain in urinating. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scale | A reduced or rudimentary leaf, for example surrounding a dormant bud, a thin flap of tissue, for example on the ventral surface of a liverwort thallus and at the base of a stamen in members of the family Simaroubaceae. (09 Oct 1997) |
| scale-up | Conversion of an industrial process from a small laboratory setup to a large commercial endeavor. (09 Oct 1997) |
| scale-winged | <zoology> Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaleback | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaleboard | 1. A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. 2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard. Origin: 3d scale + board. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaled | 1. Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc. 2. Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring. 3. <zoology> Having feathers which in form, colour, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. <zoology> Scaled dove, any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its coloured feather tips resemble scales. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaled sale | A type of timber sale contract that specifies measuring or scaling of the included timber after removal. Scaling determines the number of board feet or c-units to be paid for at contract rates. (05 Dec 1998) |
| scalene | 1. <geometry> Having the sides and angles unequal; said of a triangle. Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. 2. <anatomy> Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. <anatomy> Scalene muscles, a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebrae to the first and second ribs. Origin: L. Scalenus, Gr., cf. F. Scalene. <geometry> A triangle having its sides and angles unequal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scalene hiatus | Triangular gap bounded by the scalenus anterior and scalenus medius muscles and the first rib to which the muscles attach; the hiatus provides passage for the subclavian artery and the roots of the brachial plexus. Compression of the structures passing through the hiatus by any means is manifest as "thoracic outlet syndrome." Synonym: interscalene triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalene tubercle | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalene tubercle of Lisfranc | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalenectomy | Resection of the scalene muscles. Origin: scalene + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |