| Sorensen, Soren | <person> Danish chemist, 1868-1939. See: Sorensen scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Soret band | The absorption band of all porphyrins at about 400 nm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Soret's phenomenon | In a solution kept in a long, upright tube at room temperature, the upper part, being the warmer, is also the more concentrated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Soret, C | <person> French radiologist, +1931. See: Soret band, Soret's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sorex | <zoology> A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews. Origin: L, a shrew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorghum | <botany> A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. Vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian). A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. Origin: NL, probably of Chinese origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorgne | <zoology> The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorgo | <botany> Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum. Origin: Cf. It. Sorgo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soricine | <zoology> Like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina). Origin: L. Sorricinus, fr. Sorex a shrew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sorocarp | <plant biology> Fruiting body formed by some cellular slime moulds, has both stalk and spore mass. (18 Nov 1997) |
| soroche | Synonym: altitude sickness. Origin: Sp. (orig. Ore, formerly attributed to toxic emanations of ores in mountains) (05 Mar 2000) |
| sorosis | <botany> A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc, as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple. (04 Mar 1998) |
| sorption | Adsorption or absorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sorption detoxification | Elimination of toxic or biologically active substances from body fluids by interaction with a sorbent medium. The types of media include absorbents, adsorbents, ion-exchange materials, and complexing agents. Detoxification can be extracorporeal (haemodialysis, haemofiltration, haemoperfusion, plasmapheresis), or occur inside the body (enterosorption, peritoneal dialysis). (12 Dec 1998) |
| sorrel | Of a yellowish or redish brown colour; as, a sorrel horse. Origin: F. Saur, saure, OF. Sor, sore, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. Zoor dry, LG. Soor; the meaning probably coming from the colour of dry leaves. See Sear, and cf. Sorel. <botany> One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc. Mountain sorrel. Any plant of the genus Oxalis. Origin: F. Surelle, fr. Sur sour, fr. OHG. Sr sour. See Sour. (04 Mar 1998) |