| swather | <agriculture> A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath. See: Swath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| swayback | Congenital locomotor ataxia of lambs, thought to be associated with copper deficiency. It is characterised clinically by progressive incoordination of the hind limbs and pathologically by disruption of neuron and myelin development in the central nervous system. It is caused by a deficiency of metabolizable copper in the ewe during the last half of her pregnancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| swaziland | A kingdom in southern africa, west of mozambique. Its capital is mbabane. The area was settled by the swazi branch of the zulu nation in the early 1880's, with its independence guaranteed by the british and transvaal governments in 1881 and 1884. With limited self-government introduced in 1962, it became independent in 1968. Swazi is the zulu name for the people who call themselves swati, from mswati, the name of a 16th century king, from a word meaning stick or rod. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Swe1 kinase | <enzyme> Analog of wee1 protein; phosphorylates tyr residue 19 of cdc28 and inhibits its activity; from saccharomyces cerevisiae Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: swe1 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| swear | 1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc. "Ye shall swear by my name falsely." (Lev. Xix. 12) "I swear by all the Roman gods." (Shak) 2. To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner. 3. To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse. "[I] swore little; diced not above seven times a week." (Shak) To swear by, to place great confidence in a person or thing; to trust implicitly as an authority. "I simply meant to ask if you are one of those who swear by Lord Verulam." . To swear off, to make a solemn vow, or a serious resolution, to abstain from something; as, to swear off smoking. Origin: OE. Swerien, AS. Swerian; akin to D. Zweren, OS. Swerian, OHG. Swerien, G. Schworen, Icel. Sverja, Sw. Svarja, Dan. Svaerge, Icel. & Sw. Svara to answer, Dan. Svare, Dan. & Sw. Svar an answer, Goth. Swaran to swear, and perhaps to E. Swarm. 177. Cf. Answer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweat | 1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. 2. To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. "He 'd have the poets sweat." (Waller) 3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. Origin: OE. Sweten, AS. Swaetan, fr. Swat, n, sweat; akin to OFries. & OS. Swet, D. Zweet, OHG. Sweiz, G. Schweiss, Icel. Sviti, sveiti, Sw. Svett, Dan. Sved, L. Sudor sweat, sudare to sweat, Gr, sweat, to sweat, Skr. Sveda sweat, svid to sweat. 178. Cf. Exude, Sudary, Sudorific. 1. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. 2. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. "It made her not a drop for sweat." (Chaucer) "With exercise she sweat ill humors out." (Dryden) 3. To unite by heating, after the application of soldier. 4. To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labour from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers. To sweat coin, to remove a portion of a piece of coin, as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal. "The only use of it [money] which is interdicted is to put it in circulation again after having diminished its weight by "sweating", or otherwise, because the quantity of metal contains is no longer consistent with its impression." (R. Cobden) 1. <physiology> The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colourless, acid liquid with a peculiar odour, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration. "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread." (Gen. Iii. 19) 2. The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labour; toil; drudgery. 3. Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack. 4. The sweating sickness. 5. A short run by a race horse in exercise. <anatomy> Sweat box, sudoriferous glands. See Sudoriferous. Sweat suit. A suit comprising a top and trousers, having full arms and legs, used while performing physical exercises, especially. Out-of-doors. Sweat equity. The rights to a portion of ownership or profit, hypothetically owned by a worker who participated in producing a product, such as in improving a piece of real estate. Origin: Cf. OE. Swot, AS. Swat. See Sweat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweat chloride test | <investigation> A test used to diagnose cystic fibrosis. Two metal electrodes are placed on the skin of an arm or leg. Very low voltage electricity is used (only a tingling is felt) to measure the concentration of sodium and chloride in the sweat. (19 Jan 1998) |
| sweat duct | The superficial portion of the sweat gland that passes through the corium and epidermis, opening on the surface by the porus sudoriferus or sweat pore. Synonym: ductus sudoriferus, sudoriferous duct, sweat duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat gland carcinoma | <tumour> Usually a solitary tumour, nodular and fixed to the skin and underlying structure, having slow growth for long periods followed by rapid growth and dissemination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat gland diseases | Diseases of the sweat glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sweat glands | The coil glands of the skin that secrete the sweat. Synonym: glandulae sudoriferae, Boerhaave's glands, perspiratory glands, sudoriferous glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat pore | The surface opening of the duct of a sweat gland. Synonym: porus sudoriferus, porus, pore, skin pore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat test | <investigation> A test used to diagnose cystic fibrosis. Two metal electrodes are placed on the skin of an arm or leg. Very low voltage electricity is used (only a tingling is felt) to measure the concentration of sodium and chloride in the sweat. (19 Jan 1998) |
| sweating | From Sweat, Sweating bath, a bath producing sensible sweat; a stove or sudatory. Sweating house, a house for sweating persons in sickness. Sweating iron, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper. Sweating room. A room for sweating persons. <medicine> A febrile epidemic disease which prevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in England, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, characterised by profuse sweating. Death often occured in a few hours. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweating sickness | A disease characterised by fever and profuse sweating and associated with high mortality. It occurred in epidemic form five times in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in england, first in 1485 and last in 1551. The disease tended to occur during the summer and early autumn, attacking the relatively affluent adult male population. The aetiology was unknown. (hunter pr. The english sweating sickness, with particular reference to the 1551 outbreak in chester. Rev infect dis 1991;13(2):303-6, from abstract) (12 Dec 1998) |