Category: S

Someone who has schizophrenia. Related to schizophrenia; an individual afflicted with schizophrenia.  

A disorder in which someone is cold towards other people, thinks mainly about himself or herself and behaves in an odd way. A personality characterized by solitariness, emotional coldness to others, excessive introspection, and eccentricity of behavior. Some schizophrenics have this personality before their illness, but most schizoid personalities do not become schizophrenic.  

A genus of blood flukes, three species of which are important parasites of man causing one of the most serious of tropical diseases. S. japonicum is common in the Far East; S. mansoni is widespread in Africa, the West Indies, and South and Central America; and S. haematobium occurs in Africa and the Middle East.…

Inflammation of the bones and cartilage in the spine, usually affecting adolescents. A spinal deformity with an autosomal dominant inheritance, occurring most commonly in early adolescence and characterized by a marked thoracolumbar kyphosis (an increased convexity of the back in the thoracic area, sometimes referred to as “round-back”). The incidence is about 0.4%, with no…

A pleasant smell. A cosmetic substance which has a pleasant smell. A smell given off by a substance which stimulates the sense of smell.  

A substance in faeces, formed in the intestine, which causes a strong smell.  

An instrument used for scarification. An instrument used for making small incisions in the skin. A surgical tool made up of many sharp points, designed for the purpose of creating scars or scratch marks.  

Referring to the scapula and humerus. To the shoulder blade (scapula) and upper arm bone (humerus). Related to the shoulder blade and the upper arm bone.  

Referring to the shoulder blade.  

A condition in which the skull is unusually long and narrow. Congenital malformation of the skull in which the skull is abnormally long and narrow; the condition is frequently accompanied by mental retardation. An abnormally long and narrow skull due to premature closure of the suture between the two parietal bones, along the top of…