| semiotic | 1. Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought. 2. <medicine> Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| semiotics | 1. The general philosophical theory of signs and symbols in communication, having three branches: syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics. 2. Obsolete term for symptomatology. Origin: see semiotic (05 Mar 2000) |
| semious | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Sim; monkeylike. "That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others." (Sydney Smith) Origin: L. Simia an ape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semioval centre | The great mass of white matter composing the interior of the cerebral hemisphere; the name refers to the general shape of this white core in horizontal sections of the hemisphere. Synonym: centrum medullare, centrum ovale, medullary centre, semioval centre, Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale, Vieussens' centrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semipalmated | <zoology> Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semiparabola | <geometry> One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semipenniform | <anatomy> Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semipermeable | Freely permeable to water (or other solvent) but relatively impermeable to solutes. Depending on the context, it has been used to imply impermeability to all solutes except very small uncharged molecules (e.g., a cell membrane), or merely impermeability to very large molecules such as proteins (e.g., a capillary membrane). (05 Mar 2000) |
| semipermeable membrane | <biology, physiology> A membrane that is selectively permeable to only one (or a few) solutes. The potential developed across a membrane permeable to only one ionic species is given by the Nernst equation for the species: this is the basis for the operation of ion selective electrodes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| semiphlogisticated | <chemistry> Partially impregnated with phlogiston. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semiplacenta | The type of placenta in ruminants, horse and pig, in which the maternal and foetal placentas do not grow together but can be easily separated without tearing; an apposed or contact placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiplume | <zoology> A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semipolar bond | A bond in which the two electrons shared by a pair of atoms belonged originally to only one of the atoms; often represented by a small arrow pointing toward the electron receiver; e.g., nitric acid, O(OH)N→O; phosphoric acid, (OH)3P→O. Synonym: coordinate covalent bond. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semipronation | The attitude or assumption of a partly prone position, as in Sims' position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiprone | Denoting semipronation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semustine |
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.
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| seminal fluid |
Fluid from the prostate and other sex glands that helps transport sperm out of the man's body during orgasm. Seminal fluid contains sugar as an energy source for sperm.
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| seminal vesicle |
A gland that helps produce semen.
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| seminoma |
A type of cancer of the testicles. Seminomas may spread to the lung, bone, liver, or brain.
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| semimembranosogastrocnemial bursa |
semimembranous bursa, b. of semimembranosus muscle.
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| SEM | small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba |
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| SEM | malignant tumor of the testis |
| SEM | partially clothed |
| SEM | having some official authority or sanction |
| SEM | of or relating to semiotics |
| SEM | of or relating to semiotics |
| SEM | a specialist in the study of linguistic meaning |
| SEM | a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols |
| SEM | relating to or extending over a relatively long time |
| SEM | (of a membrane) selectively permeable |
| SEM | a membrane (as a cell membrane) that allows some molecule to pass through but not others |
| SEM | used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones |