Category: S

Fusiform enlargement of the proximal and middle phalanges, seen in rickets.  

A sound of respiration similar to that of sawing, produced by the patient’s tracheostomy tube.  

The noise from grinding of the teeth.  

The length of the step taken during ambulation; useful in the assessment of a neuromuscular disease that affects only one leg.  

The operation of cutting strictures of the urethra.  

A surgical technique for treating or opening a bowel blockage used to spare the intestines from surgical removal (e.g., in managing Crohn’s disease).  

Partial or complete narrowing of the urethra, occurring most commonly in men. The condition is marked by straining to pass urine, especially at the commencement of urination. It is caused by spasm of the urethral muscle, congestion of the urethra, and fibrous formation.  

The corpus striatum, composed of the cordate and lenticular nuclei of the brain.  

A band of fibers in the roof of the inferior horn running to the floor of the body of the lateral ventricle.  

The benign incremental lines seen periodically in the calcified enamel of teeth.