Category: S
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Splanchnomicria
The condition of having small splanchnic organs.
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Splanchnography
Examination of the viscera using fluoroscopy or trans-illumination.
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Splanchnectopia
Dislocation of a viscus or of the viscera. Anomalous placement or positioning of an organ.
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Spirometra
The plerocercoid larva of tapeworms, especially those of the genera Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra.
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Spiroma
Multiple, benign, cystic epithelioma of the sweat glands.
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Spirochetolysis
The destruction of spirochetes by specific antibodies, chemotherapy, or lysins.
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Spirochaeta
A genus of slender, spiral, motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae. The species are saprophytes in water and soil.
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Spiritual therapy
The use of beliefs, religious practices, and prayer to treat disease.
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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.
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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.