| solifidian | One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; opposed to nullifidian. Origin: L. Solus alone + fides faith. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| solifugae | <zoology> A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen. Synonym: Solpugidea, and Solpugides. Origin: NL, from L. Solifuga (better solipuga), a kind of venomous ant, or spider. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soliped | <zoology> A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. Alternative forms: solipede] "The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules, etc, they are, also, in mighty number." (Sir T. Browne) Origin: Cf. F. Solipede, It. Solipede, Sp. Solipedo; apparently fr. L. Solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot; but probably fr. L. Solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See Solid, and Pedal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solipsism | 1. <ethnology> Egotism. 2. <psychology> Egoism. Origin: L. Solus alone + ipse self. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solisequious | Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants. Origin: L. Sol sun + sequi to follow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solitaire | 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. "Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists." (Mrs. R. H. Davis) 3. A game which one person can play alone; applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts. 4. <paleontology> A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary. 5. <ornithology> Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird. Origin: F. See Solitary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solitary | <botany> Of flowers, borne singly, not grouped in an inflorescence. (09 Oct 1997) |
| solitary bone cyst | A unilocular cyst containing serous fluid and lined with a thin layer of connective tissue, occurring usually in the shaft of a long bone in a child. Synonym: idiopathic bone cavity, osteocystoma, simple bone cyst, traumatic bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary bundle | A slender, compact fibre bundle extending longitudinally through the dorsolateral region of the medullary tegmentum, surrounded by the nucleus of the solitary tract, below the obex decussating over the central canal, and descending over some distance into the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord. It is composed of primary sensory fibres that enter with the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial nerves, and in part convey information from stretch receptors and chemoreceptors in the walls of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and intestinal tracts; in rostral parts of the tract impulses are generated by the receptor cells of the taste buds in the mucosa of the tongue. Its fibres are distributed to the nucleus of the solitary tract. Synonym: tractus solitarius, fasciculus rotundus, fasciculus solitarius, funiculus solitarius, Gierke's respiratory bundle, Krause's respiratory bundle, round fasciculus, solitary bundle, solitary fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary echogenic liver mass | <radiology> Haemangioma, focal fatty infiltration, hepatoma, adenoma, focal nodular hyperplasia, hepatic lipoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| solitary fasciculus | A slender, compact fibre bundle extending longitudinally through the dorsolateral region of the medullary tegmentum, surrounded by the nucleus of the solitary tract, below the obex decussating over the central canal, and descending over some distance into the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord. It is composed of primary sensory fibres that enter with the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial nerves, and in part convey information from stretch receptors and chemoreceptors in the walls of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and intestinal tracts; in rostral parts of the tract impulses are generated by the receptor cells of the taste buds in the mucosa of the tongue. Its fibres are distributed to the nucleus of the solitary tract. Synonym: tractus solitarius, fasciculus rotundus, fasciculus solitarius, funiculus solitarius, Gierke's respiratory bundle, Krause's respiratory bundle, round fasciculus, solitary bundle, solitary fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary fibrous tumour | A benign tumour of fibrous tissue which usually arises in the pleural space on other sites. Synonym: benign mesothelioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary follicles | Minute collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the small and large intestines, being especially numerous in the caecum and appendix. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici solitarii, solitary follicles, solitary glands, solitary nodules of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary foramen | A foramen in the internal acoustic meatus, posterior to the cochlear area, that transmits the nerves to the ampulla of the posterior saemicircular duct. Synonym: foramen singulare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary glands | Minute collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the small and large intestines, being especially numerous in the caecum and appendix. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici solitarii, solitary follicles, solitary glands, solitary nodules of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |