Category: S
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Supramarginal gyrus
A gyrus of the parietal lobe, enclosing the posterior end of the sylvian fissure.
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Supracallosus gyrus
The gray matter layer covering the corpus callosum.
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Supracallosal gyrus
A rudimentary gyrus on the upper surface of the corpus callosum.
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Subcallosal gyrus
A narrow band of gray matter on the medial surface of the hemisphere below the rostrum of the corpus callosum.
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Swedish gymnastics
A system of movements made by the patient against a resistance provided by the attendant, once used worldwide in physical training. It influenced the development of modern gymnastics.
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Sigmoid groove
The groove on the inner surface of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. It transmits the transverse sinus.
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Swimming pool granuloma
A chronic skin infection caused by Mycobacterium marinum.
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Seminal granule
One of the minute particles in semen, supposed to derive from disintegrated nuclei in nutritive cells from seminiferous tubules.
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Schuffner’s granule
A coarse, red, polychrome methylene blue-staining granule found in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium ovale or P. vivax malaria.
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Sieve graft
A graft similar to a mesh graft in which a section of skin is removed except for small, regularly spaced areas that remain. The removed portion is used at the new site. The small remaining areas will grow to cover the entire area at the donor site.