Category: S

Any of several war gases, such as phosgene or diphosgene, made from chlorine compounds that irritate or injure the airways.  

A gas that is produced by decaying matter in sewage and contains methane and hydrogen sulfide. It is toxic, usually flammable, explosive, and may be used for fuel.  

Gangrene on opposite sides of the body in corresponding parts, usually the result of vasomotor disturbances. It is characteristic of Raynaud’s and Buerger’s diseases.  

Gangrene developing subsequent to local inflammation.  

A prevertebral ganglion of the sympathetic nervous system located near the base of the superior mesenteric artery. It lies close to the celiac ganglion and with it forms a part of the celiac plexus.  

A cystic tumor in a tendon sheath.  

One of the ganglia of the peripheral nervous system that transmit sensory Impulses.  

One of the four small ganglia located in the sacral portion of the sympathetic trunk that lie on the anterior surface of the sacrum and are connected to the spinal nerves by gray rami.  

A gait in which the crutches are advanced and the legs are advanced to the crutches.  

A gait in which the crutches are advanced and the legs are swung between and ahead of the crutches.