| Stylonychia mytilus | <protozoa> Large ciliate protozoan of the Order Hypotrichida, that has compound cilia (cirri) that can be used for walking or swimming. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| stylopharyngeal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, root of styloid process; insertion, thyroid cartilage and wall of pharynx (becomes part of the longitudinal coat): action, elevates pharynx and larynx; nerve supply, glossopharyngeal. Synonym: musculus stylopharyngeus, stylopharyngeal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stylopharyngeus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, root of styloid process; insertion, thyroid cartilage and wall of pharynx (becomes part of the longitudinal coat): action, elevates pharynx and larynx; nerve supply, glossopharyngeal. Synonym: musculus stylopharyngeus, stylopharyngeal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stylopodium | <botany> The fleshy support at the base of the style in flowers of the carrot family, Umbelliferae. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stylops | <zoology> A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A pillar +, the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| styloradial reflex | With the arm supinated to 45 |
| stylostaphyline | Relating to the styloid process of the temporal bone and the uvula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stylosteophyte | A peg-shaped bony outgrowth. Origin: G. Stylos, post, + osteon, bone, + phyton, growth (05 Mar 2000) |
| Styloviridae | Provisional name for a family of bacterial viruses with long, noncontractile tails and isometric or elongated heads, containing double-stranded DNA (MW 25 to 79 × 106); includes the lambda temperate phage group and probably other genera. Origin: G. Stylos, pillar, column (05 Mar 2000) |
| stylus | An instrument for writing. See Style. 2. That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond. 3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record. 4. (Computers) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet. Origin: L. Stylus, or better stilus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stylus tracing | A tracing of mandibular movements made by means of a device attached to the opposing arches; its shape resembles that of an arrowhead or a Gothic arch, and when the instrument's marking point is at the apex of the arch, the jaws are considered to be in centric relation. Synonym: arrow point tracing, Gothic arch tracing, Gothic arch, stylus tracing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stype | A tampon. Origin: G. Stype, tow (05 Mar 2000) |
| styphnate | <chemistry> A salt of styphnic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| styphnic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts. Origin: Gr. (spurious) styfein to contract. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| styptic | Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. <botany> Alternative forms: stiptic] Styptic weed, an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna. Origin: L. Stypticus, Gr, fr. To contract. <medicine> A styptic medicine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |