| Stilling colour tables | An obsolete charts in which coloured letters are printed on coloured backgrounds in such combination that some of them are invisible to a person with deficient colour vision. Synonym: Stilling colour tables. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Stilling's canal | A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens, containing in foetal life a prolongation of the central artery of the retina, the hyaloid artery. See: vitreous, hyaloid artery. Synonym: canalis hyaloideus, central canal of the vitreous, Cloquet's canal, Stilling's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling's column | A column of large neurons located in the base of the posterior gray column of the spinal cord, extending from the first thoracic through the second lumbar segment; it gives rise to the dorsal spinocerebellar tract of the same side. Synonym: nucleus thoracicus, Clarke's column, Clarke's nucleus, dorsal nucleus, nucleus dorsalis, Stilling's column, Stilling's nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling's gelatinous substance | The central gray matter of the spinal cord surrounding the central canal. Synonym: substantia intermedia centralis et lateralis, anterior gray column, Stilling's gelatinous substance, substantia gelatinosa centralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling's nucleus | A column of large neurons located in the base of the posterior gray column of the spinal cord, extending from the first thoracic through the second lumbar segment; it gives rise to the dorsal spinocerebellar tract of the same side. Synonym: nucleus thoracicus, Clarke's column, Clarke's nucleus, dorsal nucleus, nucleus dorsalis, Stilling's column, Stilling's nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling's raphe | The transverse interdigitations of fibre bundles across the anterior median fissure of the medulla oblongata at the decussation of the pyramidal tracts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling, Benedict | <person> German anatomist, 1810-1879. See: Stilling's canal, Stilling's column, Stilling's nucleus, Stilling's raphe, Stilling's gelatinous substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling, Jakob | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1842-1915. See: Stilling colour tables. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stilpnomelane | <chemical> A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-coloured incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina. Origin: Gr. Stilpnos shining + melas, -anos, black. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stilt | 1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. "Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked." (Landor) 2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. 3. <ornithology> Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Synonym: longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer. The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well known. The European and Asiatic stilt (H. Candidus) is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars, which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt (H. Leucocephalus) and the banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in Australia. <zoology> Stilt plover, an American sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is somewhat expanded at the tip. Origin: OE. Stilte; akin to Dan. Stylte, Sw. Stylta, LG. & D. Stelt, OHG. Stelza, G. Stelze, and perh. To E. Stout. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stiltbird | <zoology> See Stilt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stilted root | Adventitious aerial roots arising from the trunk and branches, presumably providing support to the plant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stilus | See: stylus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stime | A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse. Origin: Etymology uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stimulant | 1. Producing stimulation, especially producing stimulation by causing tension on muscle fibre through the nervous tissue. 2. <pharmacology> An agent or remedy that produces stimulation. Origin: L. Stimulans (18 Nov 1997) |
| stirrup anastomosis |
an arterial branch sometimes seen connecting the dorsalis pedis and external plantar arteries.
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| stigmata |
Stigmata is a controversial movie that premiered in 1999. It follows the conflict between Frankie, an atheist Pittsburgh hairdresser who exhibits true stigmata (played by Patricia Arquette), and Father Kiernan, an ordained priest who investigates miracles for the Vatican (played by Gabriel Byrne). Kiernan finds that Frankie does in fact have stigmata, which leads to a more important finding: the archaeological discovery of new gospels in the Negev Desert, Israel. ...
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| stinger |
In medicine, a Stinger, also called a Burner or Nerve pinch injury, is a minor neurological injury suffered by athletes, mostly in high contact sports such as football and wrestling. The injury is always a spine injury as opposed to more serious spinal cord injuries, which can lead to partial or total paralysis. It is characterized by a shooting or stinging pain that travels down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness. ...
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| Stierlin's sign |
absence of the normal shadow on a radiographic image of the colon after a barium enema, due to an indurating or ulcerating process such as tuberculosis of the cecum or colon.
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| stimulus |
The pattern of physical energy set up by an object or event in the environment.
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| STI | moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body |
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| STI | wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays |
| STI | rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom |
| STI | an end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other |
| STI | geranium of western North America having pinkish-purple flowers in open clusters |
| STI | mountain pacas |
| STI | a genus of Columbidae |
| STI | small Australian dove |
| STI | United States photographer (1864-1946) |
| STI | the dead body of a human being |
| STI | an ordinary man |
| STI | (slang) very drunk |