Category: S

  • Splanchnomicria

    The condition of having small splanchnic organs.  

  • Splanchnography

    Examination of the viscera using fluoroscopy or trans-illumination.  

  • Splanchnectopia

    Dislocation of a viscus or of the viscera. Anomalous placement or positioning of an organ.  

  • Spirometra

    The plerocercoid larva of tapeworms, especially those of the genera Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra.  

  • Spiroma

    Multiple, benign, cystic epithelioma of the sweat glands.  

  • Spirochetolysis

    The destruction of spirochetes by specific antibodies, chemotherapy, or lysins.  

  • Spirochaeta

    A genus of slender, spiral, motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae. The species are saprophytes in water and soil.  

  • Spiritual therapy

    The use of beliefs, religious practices, and prayer to treat disease.  

  • Spirituality

    An awareness of the metaphysical, the religious, or the sublime. In practice, spirituality includes participation in organized religion, contemplation, meditation, prayer, reflection, and activities fostering self-growth and connections with others and with nature. A search for self transcendence or to form connections with a higher power, divine being, or ultimate reality.  

  • Spiritual distress

    Disruption in the life principle that pervades a person’s entire being and that integrates and transcends one’s biological and psychosocial nature.