Scirrhus. Stony hardness, characteristic of cancer.
Sclerotic coat. The hard, pearly white covering of the eye.
Scorbutic. Producing scurvy, a disease caused by improper or insufficient food.
Scorbutus. Scurvy.
Scrofulous. Suffering from a condition of the system characterized by enlargement of the glands, eruptions, etc., with great susceptibility to contagion.
Scrotum. The bag of skin which covers the testicles.
Scurvy. A disease due to impaired nutrition.
Sea Tangle. A water-plant, which in its dried state is introduced into a canal and dilates the canal as it expands by the absorption of moisture.
Sebaceous Glands. The oil-tubes of the skin. Illus. [page 71].
Secretion. The process by which substances are separated from the blood.