Category: S

The component of a molecule that gives a substance its taste.  

To convert into a soap, as when fats are treated with an alkali to produce a free alcohol plus the salt of the fatty acid. Thus, stearin, saponified with sodium hydroxide, yields the alcohol glycerol plus the soap sodium stearate.  

The surgical removal of a saphenous vein.  

Soundness of health or mind; mentally normal. The condition of having a sound mind; a state of normal mental health.  

Perineal pad, especially one used for absorbing menstrual fluid.  

A person who by training and experience is skilled in sanitation and public health.  

Having characteristics of sanies and pus; pert, to a fetid, serous, blood-tinged discharge containing pus.  

Concerning or containing blood and pus.  

A benzophenanthridine alkaloid available as an oral rinse and toothpaste. It is used to treat dental plaque and gingivitis.  

A rare form of Tay-Sachs disease in which two essential enzymes (hexosaminidase A and B) for metabolizing gangliosides are absent. In Tay-Sachs disease only one enzyme, hexosaminidase A, is absent.