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  • Senile psychosis

    A mental illness usually occurring in old age and caused by cerebral atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis impairing the flow of blood to the brain, senility.  

  • Senate

    A legislative body, usually the upper house of a legislature.  

  • Select senate committee on nutrition and human needs

    In 1977, the released its report on the dietary goals for the United States.  

  • Semiotic function

    The ability to represent aspects of one’s experiences either in private images or in public codes.  

  • Seminiferous tubules

    A network of tubelike structures in the testicles in which sperm development takes place. A tubule in the testis which carries semen. Structures within the testes where the sperm are produced. Any of numerous long and convoluted tubes found in the testis; they are the sites of spermatozoa maturation. Channels or long tubules located in…

  • Seminal fluid

    Male reproductive fluid consisting of sperm and secretions from the seminal vesicles and prostate gland. It is ejaculated through the penis upon reaching orgasm. The fluid part of semen, formed in the epididymis and seminal vesicles. Fluid from the prostate and other sex glands that helps transport sperm out of the man’s body during orgasm.…

  • Seminal emission

    Seminal fluid.  

  • Semilunar valve

    A half-moon shaped valve located in the main arteries that prevents blood from flowing back into the heart ventricles. Either of two valves in the heart, the pulmonary valve and the aortic valve, through which blood flows out of the ventricles. Heart valve with half-moon-shaped cusps (semilunar), as the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve.…

  • Semiconscious

    Partly conscious.  

  • Semicircular canal

    Curved tubular canals in the inner ear that are concerned with equilibrium. Any of three bony, fluid-filled loops in the osseous labyrinth of the inner ear, concerned with the sense and maintenance of balance. Half-circle-shaped structures within the bony labyrinth of the inner ear that are critical to maintaining balance. Three tubes that form part…

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