Category: S

The science of suicide, including its cause, prediction of those susceptible, and prevention.  

A health care facility dedicated to preventing suicide by counseling and crisis intervention.  

A gene that codes for a protein, usually an enzyme, that makes cells vulnerable to otherwise nontoxic substances or nutrients. Suicide genes can be introduced into cells during gene therapy. The technique is used in cancer therapy to make tumor cells susceptible to treatment with prodrugs, which only become active chemotherapeutic agents when they are…

The practice of treating disease by hypnotic suggestions.  

A leukocyte that stains readily with Sudan III, indicative of fatty degeneration.  

One of a number of related biological stains for which fats have a special affinity, including Sudan II, Sudan III (G), Sudan IV, and Sudan R.  

The use of suction to remove debris or body fluids from an airway, body cavity, orifice, or surgical site.  

A passage within an endoscope through which fluids may be injected or removed. During endoscopy it is used to draw blood, feces, mucus, or secretions away from the lens of the scope, so that clinical observations can be made with clarity and tissues can be selected for specimen collection.  

A sugar substitute manufactured by replacing hydroxyl groups on a sucrose molecule with chloride. It adds a sweet taste to foods without adding calories. An artificial sweetener with no caloric content, produced by combining sugar molecules and chlorine particles. This substance is approximately 600 times more saccharine than table sugar and is widely lauded for…

A potentially toxic by-product of tyrosine metabolism. It accumulates in excessive concentrations in the blood of patients with type 1 tyrosinemia and is responsible for some of the symptoms of the disease.