Category: S
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Streetwalker
A prostitute who generally practices her or his trade on city streets.
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Street value
The theoretical value of an amount of a particular drug sold in small quantities on the street.
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Stratosphere
The earth’s atmosphere above 35,000 ft. troposphere.
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Strategies
A combination of methods planned to complement, supplement, and reinforce each other in the learning process.
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Strangulation
Choking. The act of squeezing a passage in the body. Constriction of a tubular structure that prevents passage of material; for example, strangulation of the bowel prevents the passage of feces. Also refers to constriction of the blood supply to an organ, resulting in lack of oxygen, such as a strangulated hernia. Strata, layer of…
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Stramonium alkaloids
Atropine-like drugs derived from jimson weed.
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Straddle load
A method of placing a victim on a long spineboard by straddling both board and victim and sliding him or her onto it.
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Strabismus
A visual condition characterized by one eye not maintaining a parallel relationship with the other eye because one or more of the ocular muscles is paralyzed. It results in blurred vision, headache, and diplopia. If left untreated, blindness in the weak eye will result. A condition in which the eyes focus on different points. Crossed…
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Stove-in chest
Flail chest. An injury resulting from an accident, where several ribs are broken and pushed towards the inside.
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Storge
The love between children, parents, and grandparents.