| stomatopoda | <zoology> Same as Stomapoda. Origin: NL. See Stoma, and -pod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| stomatopodous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stomatorrhagia | Bleeding from the gums or other part of the oral cavity. Origin: stomato-+ G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| stomatoscope | <instrument> An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth. Origin: Gr, mouth + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stomatosis | Synonym: stomatopathy. Origin: stomato-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| stomatous | Having a stoma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stomion | The median point of the oral slit when the lips are closed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stomium | <plant biology> A region of dehiscence, for example of an anther in flowering plants or of a capsule in mosses. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stomocephalus | Malformed individual with an undeveloped jaw and a snoutlike mouth; likely to be combined with an ethmocephalic type of cyclopia. Origin: G. Stoma, mouth, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| stomodaeum | 1. <anatomy> A part of the alimentary canal. See Mesenteron. 2. <zoology> The primitive mouth and oesophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods. Origin: NL, from Gr, mouth + to divide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stomodeal | Relating to a stomodeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stomodeum | 1. A midline ectodermal depression ventral to the embryonic brain and surrounded by the mandibular arch; when the buccopharyngeal membrane disappears it becomes continuous with the foregut and forms the mouth. Synonym: stomatodeum. 2. The anterior portion of the insect alimentary canal, consisting of mouth, buccal cavity, pharynx, oesophagus, crop (frequently a diverticulum), and the proventriculus. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. G. Stoma, mouth, + hodaios, on the way, fr. Hodos, a way (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stomoxys calcitrans | The stable fly, a species of biting fly, resembling in size and general appearance the common housefly, which is an annoying pest of humans and domestic animals worldwide and is implicated in the mechanical transmission of diseases such as trypanosomiasis, anthrax, and equine infectious anaemia. It is especially important in the spread of surra by transmitting Trypanosoma evansi, and also serves as intermediate host for Habronema, and for the deer filaria, Setaria cervi. Origin: Mod. L., fr. C. Stoma, mouth, + oxys, sharp; L. Pres. P. Of calcitro, to kick, fr. Calx, the heel (05 Mar 2000) |