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solubility |
Noun
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the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution) |
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self-determination |
Noun
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determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion |
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self-determination |
Noun
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government of a political unit by its own people |
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sulcus lateralis cerebri |
Noun
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the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures |
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subjectivism |
Noun
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the quality of being subjective |
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subjectivism |
Noun
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(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience |
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stypsis |
Noun
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the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids |
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snootiness |
Noun
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the quality of being snooty |
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suffrage |
Noun
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a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution |
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solvability |
Noun
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the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve |
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states' rights |
Noun
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the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution |
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states' rights |
Noun
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a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states |
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soma |
Noun
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alternative names for the body of a human being |
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soma |
Noun
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leafless East Indian vine |
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sputum smear |
Noun
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any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract |
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stoma |
Noun
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a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ) |
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stoma |
Noun
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a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass |
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specimen |
Noun
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a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes |
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specimen |
Noun
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an example regarded as typical of its class |
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sausage curl |
Noun
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a fat sausage-shaped curl |
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salpinx |
Noun
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a tube in the uterus or the ear |
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spit curl |
Noun
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a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek |
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sphenion |
Noun
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the anterior tip of the parietal bone |
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stephanion |
Noun
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the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus |
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symphysion |
Noun
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the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible |
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spinal canal |
Noun
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the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes |
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skin graft |
Noun
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a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn |
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scaphoid bone |
Noun
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the largest wrist bone on the thumb side |
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scalp lock |
Noun
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a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
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semilunar bone |
Noun
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one of the eight small wrist bones |
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spiracle |
Noun
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a breathing orifice |
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skin cell |
Noun
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any of the cells making up the skin |
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sinus venosus sclerae |
Noun
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a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins |
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soup-strainer |
Noun
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slang for a mustache |
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sinus |
Noun
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a wide channel containing blood |
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sinus |
Noun
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any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull |
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sinus |
Noun
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an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface |
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sinus cavernosus |
Noun
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either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity |
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spongioblast |
Noun
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any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia |
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sideburn |
Noun
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facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
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sinus coronarius |
Noun
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a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart |
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sigmoid sinus |
Noun
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an S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones |
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sinus sigmoideus |
Noun
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an S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones |
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straight sinus |
Noun
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an unpaired sinus of the dura mater |
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side-whiskers |
Noun
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facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears, especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off |
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squamous cell |
Noun
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an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue |
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sinus rectus |
Noun
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an unpaired sinus of the dura mater |
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stubble |
Noun
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short stiff hairs growing on the face, legs, underarms, or other body part, after a period of not shaving |
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stubble |
Noun
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material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds |
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stratum corneum |
Noun
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the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |