| sweating test | A test for locating the level of a lesion in the spinal cord; when the body is heated or the patient is given a diaphoretic, sweat secretion is absent below the level of the lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sweating, gustatory | Excessive sweating of the forehead, upper lip, perioral region, or sternum subsequent to ingestion of hot or spicy foods. It may also be caused by tumours or other injuries to the parotid gland, as in auriculotemporal syndrome (frey's disease). In this condition, thought to be due to some involvement of the auriculotemporal nerve, a red area and sweating on the cheek appear in connection with eating. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sweaty | 1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. "No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams." (Swift) 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. "The sweaty forge." Origin: Sweatier; Sweatiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweaty feet syndrome | A disorder of leucine metabolism characterised by the excessive production of isovaleric acid upon protein ingestion or during infectious episodes; severe metabolic acidosis results from the large quantities of acid formed; autosomal recessive inheritance; due to a deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Synonym: sweaty feet syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swede | 1. A native or inhabitant of Sweden. 2. <botany> A Swedish turnip. See Turnip. Origin: Cf. G. Schwede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Swediauer's disease | Achillobursitis involving inflammation of the bursa between the Achilles tendon and the os calcis. Synonym: Swediauer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Swediauer, Francois | <person> Austrian physician, 1748-1824. See: Swediauer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swedish | Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. <botany> See Turnip. Origin: Cf. G. Schwedisch, Sw. Svensk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Swedish gymnastics | A form of kinesitherapy in which certain systematised movement's of the body and limbs are regulated by resistance made by an attendant. Synonym: Swedish gymnastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Swedish movements | A form of kinesitherapy in which certain systematised movement's of the body and limbs are regulated by resistance made by an attendant. Synonym: Swedish gymnastics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweeney | Disuse or neurogenic atrophy of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles in horses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweeny | <veterinary> An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. Alternative forms: swinney. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweep | 1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. "I will sweep it with the besom of destruction." (Isa. Xiv. 23) 2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. "The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies." (Isa. Xxviii. 17) "I have already swept the stakes." (Dryden) 3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. "Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain." (Dryden) 4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. "And like a peacock sweep along his tail." (Shak) 5. To strike with a long stroke. "Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre." (Pope) 6. To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. To sweep, or sweep up, a mold, to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. Origin: OE. Swepen; akin to AS. Swapan. See Swoop. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. "The road which makes a small sweep." (Sir W. Scott) 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. The almond furnace. 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe. 13. In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. Sweep of the tiller, a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc, or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc, with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. 3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweet | 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odour; sweet incense. "The breath of these flowers is sweet to me." (Longfellow) 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. "To make his English sweet upon his tongue." (Chaucer) "A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful." (Hawthorne) 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion. "Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains." (Milton) 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. "Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?" (Job xxxviii. 31) "Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working." (M. Arnold) Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. Sweet alyssum. <botany> Sweet gale. Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry. To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. Synonym: Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious. Origin: OE. Swete, swote, sote, AS. Swete; akin to OFries. Swete, OS. Swoti, D. Zoet, G. Suss, OHG. Suozi, Icel. Saetr, soetr, Sw. Sot, Dan. Sod, Goth. Suts, L. Suavis, for suadvis, Gr, Skr. Svadu sweet, svad, svad, to sweeten. 175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweet balm | <botany> A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis). Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Melissa a bee, honey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |