| snub-nose dwarfism | Dwarfism characterised by low birth weight, snub nose, and stocky build; autosomal dominant inheritance. There is a similar autosomal recessive phenotype. Synonym: dominantly inherited Levi's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| snub-nosed | Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. <zoology> Snub-nosed cachalot, the pygmy sperm whale. (11 Mar 1998) |
| snuff | 1. To inhale forcibly through the nose. 2. Finely powdered tobacco used by inhalation through the nose or applied to the gums. 3. Any medicated powder applied by insufflation to the nasal mucous membrane. Origin: echoic (05 Mar 2000) |
| snuff-box | See: anatomical snuffbox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| snuffer | 1. One who snuffs. 2. <zoology> The common porpoise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| snuffle | To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. "One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat." (Dryden) Origin: Freq. Of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. Snuffeln, G. Schnuffeln, D. Snuffeln, Dan. Snovle. Cf. Sniffle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| snuffles | Obstructed nasal respiration, especially in the newborn infant, sometimes due to congenital syphilis. Rabbit snuffles, acute inflammation of the upper nasal passages, usually associated with Pasteurella organisms; in outbreaks of snuffles in rabbitries there usually are some deaths from pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Snyder | Marshall L., U.S. Microbiologist, *1907. See: Snyder's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Snyder's test | A colourimetric test for determining dental caries activity or susceptibility based on the rate of acid production by acidogenic oral microorganisms (e.g., lactobacillus) in a glucose medium, using bromcresol green as the indicator, and producing a colour change from green to yellow. Synonym: colourimetric caries susceptibility test. (05 Mar 2000) |