| scansorial | <zoology> Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot. Of or pertaining to the Scansores. <zoology> Scansorial tail, a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scant | 1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment. "His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour." (Ridley) 2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. "Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence." (Shak) Synonym: See Scanty. Origin: Icel. Skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. Skamta to dole out, to portion. 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. "Where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted." (Bacon) "I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions." (Dryden) 2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." Origin: Scanted; Scanting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scanzoni's manoeuvre | Forceps rotation and traction in a spiral course, with reapplication of forceps for delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scanzoni's second os | A constriction located at the junction of the thinned lower uterine segment with the thick retracted upper uterine segment, resulting from obstructed labour; this is one of the classic signs of threatened rupture of the uterus. Synonym: Bandl's ring, Baudelocque's uterine circle, Scanzoni's second os. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scanzoni, Friedrich | <person> German obstetrician, 1821-1891. See: Scanzoni's manoeuvre, Scanzoni's second os. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scape | The stem-like, flowering stalk of a plant with leaves clustered around the base of its stem. (09 Oct 1997) |
| scapegoating | Process in which the mechanisms of projection or displacement are utilised in focusing feelings of aggression, hostility, frustration, etc., upon another individual or group; the amount of blame being unwarranted. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scapeless | <botany> Destitute of a scape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scapha | 1. The longitudinal furrow between the helix and the antihelix of the auricle. Synonym: fossa of helix, scaphoid fossa. 2. Obsolete term for scaphoid fossa. Origin: L. Fr. G. Skaphe, skiff (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaphite | <paleontology> Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation. Origin: L. Scapha a boat, fr. Gr. A boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr. To dig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scapho- | A scapha, scaphoid. Origin: G. Skaphe, skiff, boat (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaphocephalic | <anatomy> Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaphocephalism | <anatomy> A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped. Origin: Gr. A boat + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaphocephalous | <anatomy> Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaphocephaly | <anatomy> A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped. Origin: Gr. A boat + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |