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Sacral foramen
One of the openings in the sacrum through which the sacral nerves pass.
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Saccule
The smaller of two sacs in the vestibule of the inner ear which is part of the mechanism which relates information about the position of the head in space. The smaller of the two membranous sacs within the vestibule of the ear: it forms part of the membranous labyrinth. It is filled with fluid (endolymph)…
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Saccharine
Relating to, resembling or containing sugar. An intensely sweet, white, crystalline compound used as a substitute for ordinary sugar. It has no food or energy value. Of the nature of, or having the quality of, sugar.
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Saccharide
Form of carbohydrate. The term saccharide means sugar or sweet and is often used as a synonym for carbohydrate. Any of a large group of carbohydrates, including sugars and starches. A group of carbohydrates that includes sugars. It includes: monosaccharides (single sugars), disaccharides (two sugars, covalently linked), oligosaccharides (a small number of linked sugars), and…
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Saccades
Controlled rapid movements of the eyes made when a person is changing the direction in which they are focusing, e.g. when they are reading. Fast, involuntary movements of the eyes as they change from one point of gaze to another.
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Ryle’s tube
A thin tube which is passed into the stomach through either the nose or mouth, used to pump out the contents of the stomach or to introduce a barium meal in the stomach [Described 1921. After John Alfred Ryle (1882-1950), physician at London, Cambridge and Oxford, UK.] A slightly weighted rubber tube that is inserted…
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Russell traction
A type of traction with weights and slings used to straighten a femur which has been fractured [Described 1924. After R. Hamilton Russell (1860-1933), Australian surgeon.]
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Ruptured spleen
A spleen which has been torn by piercing or by a blow.
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Running sore
A sore which is discharging pus.
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Running
From which liquid is flowing.
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