| suspensory ligaments of Cooper | Well developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. Synonym: ligamenta suspensoria mammae, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suspensory muscle of duodenum | A broad flat band of smooth muscle and fibrous tissue attached to the right crus of the diaphragm and to the duodenum at its junction with the jejunum. Synonym: musculus suspensorius duodeni, Treitz's ligament, Treitz's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspiral | 1. A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct. 2. A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit. Origin: From Suspire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspiration | The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh. "Windy suspiration of forced breath." (Shak) Origin: L. Suspiratio. See Suspire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspire | To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. "Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame." (Mrs. Browning) Origin: L. Suspirare to breathe out, to sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. F. Souspirer, OF. Souspirer. A long, deep breath; a sigh. Origin: Cf. L. Suspirium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sustain | 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. "Every pillar the temple to sustain." (Chaucer) 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. "No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world." (Tillotson) 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. "His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain." (Dryden) 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. "Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain?" (Dryden) "You shall sustain more new disgraces." (Shak) 7. To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit. 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. Synonym: To support, uphold, subsist, assist, relieve, suffer, undergo. Origin: OE. Sustenen, susteinen, OF. Sustenir, sostenir, F. Soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. Subtus below, fr. Sub under), L. Sustinere; pref. Sus- (see Sub-) + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Sustenance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sustainable | An ecosystem condition in which biodiversity, renewability, and resource productivity are maintained over time. (05 Dec 1998) |
| sustained release tablet | A drug product formulation that provides the required dosage initially and then maintains or repeats it at desired intervals. Synonym: prolonged action tablet, repeat action tablet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sustained yield | The maintenance in perpetuity of regular, periodic harvest of wood resources from forest land without damaging the productivity of the land. (05 Dec 1998) |
| sustenance | 1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life. 2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. "A man of little sustenance." "For lying is thy sustenance, thy food." (Milton) Origin: OF. Sustenance, sostenance, soustenance: cf. L. Sustenentia endurance. See Sustain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sustentacular | <anatomy> Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue. See: Sustenance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sustentacular cell | One of the ordinary elongated cell's resting on the basement membrane that surround and serve as a support to the shorter specialised cell's in certain organs, such as the labyrinth of the inner ear or olfactory epithelium. Synonym: supporting cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sustentacular fibres of retina | Sustentacular neuroglial cells of the retina running through the thickness of the retina from the internal limiting membrane to the bases of the rods and cones where they form a row of junctional complexes. Synonym: Muller's radial cells, sustentacular fibres of retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sustentaculum | A structure that serves as a stay or support to another. Origin: L. A prop, fr. Sustento, to hold upright (05 Mar 2000) |
| sustentaculum lienis | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold (portion of the greater omentum) which extends from the diaphragm and the anterior aspect of the left kidney to the hilar region of the spleen, conducting the splenic vessels from the posterior body wall to the spleen. Synonym: ligamentum lienorenale, ligamentum phrenicolienale, ligamentum splenorenale, lienophrenic ligament, lienorenal ligament, ligamentum phrenicosplenicum, phrenicolienal ligament, phrenicosplenic ligament, phrenosplenic ligament, sustentaculum lienis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sustentacular |
serving to sustain or support; "sustentacular cells"
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| suslik flea |
any of several species of fleas that infest the suslik (Russian ground squirrel) and are vectors of plague.
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| suspended animation |
a temporary state of apparent death.
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| susto |
Susto is the imagination of the separation of a persons soul from his body. The Western Medical Model refers to susto as a folk illness, specifically a "fright sickness" with strong psychological overtones. Those most likely to suffer from susto are culturally stressed adults — women more than men, though occasionally children suffer susto as well. ...
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| suspension |
Suspension is the term given to the system of shock absorbers and linkages which connect a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose - keeping a car's wheels on the ground where they can provide traction, and keeping vehicle occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road noise, bumps, and vibrations. These goals are generally at odds, so the tuning of modern suspensions is often finding the right compromise. ...
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| SUS | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it |
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| SUS | make inoperative or stop |
| SUS | hang freely |
| SUS | bar temporarily |
| SUS | as of a prison sentence |
| SUS | temporarily inactive |
| SUS | supported from above |
| SUS | (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment |
| SUS | a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death |
| SUS | elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) |
| SUS | a wide belt of elastic with supporters hanging from it |
| SUS | an uncertain cognitive state |