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Sudorific
A substance that causes sweating. Substance that produces sweat. An agent that promotes sweating; diaphoretic. Producing copious perspiration. Agent that causes sweating. A drug which makes someone sweat. A substance that encourages perspiration, also known as diaphoretic.
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Sudatory
Medicine that causes or increases sweating.
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Is bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain. Bleeding into the space between the brain and the arachnoid membrane (the middle membrane covering the brain). This is a life-threatening condition that can lead to stroke, seizure, brain damage, or death. It may result in permanent brain damage…
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Styptic
A short stick of medication, usually anhydrous aluminum sulfate (a type of alum) or titanium dioxide, which is used for stanching blood by causing blood vessels to contract at the site of the wound. Also called hemostatic pencil. Astringent or haemostatic; an agent that constricts tissue or blood vessels, stopping blood flow. A substance that…
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Strongyloidiasis
An intestinal parasitic infection in humans caused by two species of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides. The nematode or round worms are also called thread worms. The fact of being infested with Strongyloides which enters the skin and then travels to the lungs and the intestines. An infection caused by the roundworm Strongyloides stercorals. Strongyloidiasis occurs…
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Stricture
An abnormal constriction of the internal passageway within a tubular structure such as a vessel or duct. Abnormal narrowing of a tubular organ; sometimes a result of inflammation. The abnormal narrowing of a canal, duct, or passage. The narrowing of a passage in the body. Constriction or narrowing of a lumen, duct, or organ such…
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Striae gravidarum
A cutaneous condition characterized by stretch marks on the abdomen during and following pregnancy. The lines on the skin of the abdomen of a pregnant woman or of a woman who has recently given birth. The medical term for the stretch marks that generally accompany pregnancy. White stretch marks that appear on the abdominal skin…
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Straub tail
Condition in which an animal carries its tail in an erect (vertical or nearly vertical) position.
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Strangury
Is the painful passage of small quantities of urine which are expelled slowly by straining with severe urgency; it is usually accompanied with the unsatisfying feeling of a remaining volume inside and a desire to pass something that will not pass. Slow urination or difficult urination with pain, caused by a muscular spasm of the…
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Stool
Faeces. Base of the plant producing new shoots or stems each year. An act of emptying the bowels. A piece of solid waste matter which is passed out of the bowels. Fecal matter, also known as stool, is the solid waste residue remaining after the digestion of food. It forms within the intestines and is…
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