Stomatic.—A medicine used in diseases of the mouth, as boric acid, potassium chlorate, alum, etc.
Superfacient.—A medicine causing unconsciousness from which the patient can be roused, as opium, bromide of potassium, etc.
Styptic.—An agent that checks bleeding by causing contraction of the blood vessels, as tincture chloride of iron, ergot, etc.
Succedaneum.—A medicine which may be substituted for another possessing similar properties, as chloral hydrate for potassium bromide, or aloes for linseed oil, etc.
Sudorific.—A medicine or agent which produces an increased quantity of perspiration (sweat) as ginger, pilocarpine, Dover’s powders, etc.
Suppurant.—A medicine or agent promoting pus formation, as poultices, cantharides, croton oil, etc.
Synergist.—A medicine which co-operates or assists the action of another, as chloroform with ether, cantharides with red iodide of mercury, etc.
Taenicide.—A medicine which destroys tape worms, as extract of male fern.
Taenifuge.—A medicine which expels tape worms, as areca nut, pumpkin seed, oil of turpentine, etc.
Tetanic.—A medicine or agent which increases the irritation of the spinal cord or muscles producing spasms, as strychnine, etc.