Category: S

Very hard faeces. A gathering of unusually solid feces within the intestines.  

A form of herpes simplex found especially in male sports players, passed on easily due to the presence of small cuts in the skin combined with the abrasive effects of facial stubble. A popular name for a contagious condition of the face affecting rugby football players. It is most likely to occur in forwards as…

To clean the hands and arms thoroughly before performing surgery.  

A nurse who cleans the operation site on someone’s body before an operation. An operating room nurse who directly assists the surgeon, primarily by passing instruments and supplies.  

A surgical operation to open up and examine the scrotum.  

Referring to the scrotum.  

A form of tuberculosis of the skin, forming ulcers, and secondary to tuberculous infection of an underlying lymph gland or structure. Tuberculosis of the skin in which the skin breaks down over suppurating tuberculous glands, with the formation of irregular-shaped ulcers with blue-tinged edges. Treatment is with antituberculous drugs, to which scrofuloderma responds better than…

A doctor’s prescription.  

A slight wound on the skin made when a sharp point is pulled across it. A mark or superficial injury produced by scraping with the nails on a rough surface.  

To remove the surface of something by moving a sharp knife across it. To remove from the surface with a scalpel or other edged instrument.