| scrotal raphe | A central line, like a cord, running over the scrotum from the anus to the root of the penis; it marks the position of the septum scroti. Synonym: raphe scroti, Vesling's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| scrotal septum | An incomplete wall of connective tissue and nonstriated muscle (dartos fascia) dividing the scrotum into two sacs, each containing a testis. Synonym: septum scroti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotal tongue | A painless condition of the tongue characterised by numerous grooves or furrows on the dorsal surface. Synonym: grooved tongue, lingua fissurata, lingua plicata, scrotal tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotal veins | See: anterior scrotal veins, posterior scrotal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotectomy | Removal of all or part of scrotum. Origin: scrotum, + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotiform | Having the shape or form of a scrotum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotitis | Inflammation of the scrotum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotocele | <medicine> A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia. Origin: Scrotum + Gr. A tumour., cf. F. Scrotocele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scrotoplasty | Surgical reconstruction of the scrotum. Synonym: oscheoplasty. Origin: scrotum + G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrotum | A muscular sac which contains the testes. (27 Sep 1997) |
| scrow | 1. A scroll. 2. A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings. See: Escrow, Scroll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scrub | 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A sorry scrub." "We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us." (Goldsmith) 2. Something small and mean. 3. A worn-out brush. 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. 5. One of the commen live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially. When inferior in size, etc. <zoology> Scrub bird, an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; called also brush bird. <botany> Scrub oak, an Australian singing bird of the genus Drymodes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scrub nurse | A nurse who has scrubbed arms and hands, donned sterile gloves and, usually, a sterile gown, and assists an operating surgeon, primarily by passing instruments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scrub typhus | A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at the site of the chigger (mite larva) bite. This disease occurs in the area bounded by japan, india, and Australia. Known also as tsutsugamushi disease, mite-borne typhus, and tropical typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scrubber | A device to clean combustible gas or stack gas by the spraying of water. (05 Dec 1998) |