supraglottoplasty
Repair of the larynx above the glottis

supralabial
Any of the scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw in reptiles.

supralabials
plural of supralabial

supramaxilla
The upper jaw

supramaxillae
plural of supramaxilla

supranaviculare
A small sesamoid bone in the foot found in some humans.

supraocciput
The superior part of the occipital bone

supraocciputs
plural of supraocciput

supraocclusion
The projection of a tooth beyond the plane of occlusion.

supraocclusions
plural of supraocclusion

supraserratus
A muscle located over the serratus

supraspinati
plural of supraspinatus

supraspinatus
A small muscle at the top of the shoulder blade.

supraspliceosome
A structure, in the mammalian cell nucleus, composed of four spliceosomes

supraspliceosomes
plural of supraspliceosome

surfatron
An electron accelerator that works on the principle of plasma acceleration.

surfatrons
plural of surfatron

surgation
An erect penis; an erection.

surgations
plural of surgation

surstyli
plural of surstylus

surstylus
The ventral, lobelike part of an inverted U-shaped structure located ventral to the apex of the abdomen of some flies

suspensoria
plural of suspensorium

suspensorium
Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals

sustentacula
plural of sustentaculum

sustentaculum
A supporting structure, a body part that supports one or more other parts.

sustentaculums
plural of sustentaculum

swanskin
The skin of a swan with the down or feathers on.
A type of brushed flannel cotton twill fabric.

swanskins
plural of swanskin

swass
A sweaty ass (buttocks).

syconia
plural of syconium

syconium
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside

syconus
A syconium.

syllectometry
The measurement of erythrocyte aggregability when blood is subjected to shear

symbiosism
A Darwinian philosophy about the mind and humankind's place in nature, which regards language as a memetic organism residing in the brain.

symblepharon
A partial or complete adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball.

sympatectomy
Misspelling of sympathectomy.

sympathectomies
plural of sympathectomy

sympathectomy
The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.

sympathetectomies
plural of sympathetectomy

sympathetectomy
Alternative form of sympathectomy.

sympathicotripsy
The surgical crushing of a sympathetic nerve.

sympathoblast
A pluripotential cell in the embryo that develop into either a sympathetic nerve cell or a chromaffin cell

sympathoblasts
plural of sympathoblast

sympathosplanchnicectomy
The dissection of the sympathetic chain and splanchnic nerves.

symphonium
A small mouth organ based on the Chinese sheng.

symphoniums
plural of symphonium

symphyogenesis
The forming of an organ or part by the union of parts formerly separate.

symphyseotomy
Alternative form of symphysiotomy.

symphysiolysis
A softening of the pubic ligaments prior to childbirth

symphysiotomies
plural of symphysiotomy

symphysiotomy
A surgical procedure in which the cartilage of the pubic symphysis is divided to widen the pelvis, allowing childbirth when there is a mechanical problem.

symphysotomies
plural of symphysotomy

symphysotomy
Alternative form of symphysiotomy.

symplasia
Fused growth of cells or tissue.

symplasias
plural of symplasia

synantocyte
A form of glial cell that is in close contact with neurons

synantocytes
plural of synantocyte

synapophyses
plural of synapophysis

synapophysis
A form of vertebrate rib, intermediate between a single- and double-headed rib, in which articulation with the vertebral column is by a single, broad head

synapsemble
An assembly of synapses.

synaptoarchitecture
An architecture of synapses (or an electronic equivalent)

synaptoarchitectures
plural of synaptoarchitecture

synaptodendrosome
A subcellular fraction that contains the synaptic ends of axons, and dendrites

synaptodendrosomes
plural of synaptodendrosome

synaptogram
A graphical representation of synapses obtained by labelling synapsin

synaptograms
plural of synaptogram

synaptology
The scientific study of synapses

synaptome
All the synapses of a brain

synaptomes
plural of synaptome

synaptoneurosome
A synaptosome with attached resealed postsynaptic entities

synaptoneurosomes
plural of synaptoneurosome

synaptopathogenesis
The pathogenesis of synapses

synaptopod
A synaptic receptor in some motor neurons

synaptopods
plural of synaptopod

synaptosome
A structure containing vesicles and mitochondria of a synapse that is obtained when brain tissue is homogenized.

synaptosomes
plural of synaptosome

synaptosoneurosome
Misspelling of synaptoneurosome.

synaptotoxin
Any material that is toxic to synapses

synaptotoxins
plural of synaptotoxin

synaptoxicity
toxicity that affects synapses of the nervous system

synarcual
A bone, in some fish, formed by fusion of thin perichondral bones

synarcuals
plural of synarcual

synarthrodia
synarthrosis

synarthroses
plural of synarthrosis

synarthrosis
A type of joint in which two bones are connected rigidly by fibrous tissue

syncarp
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
A similar multiple fruit, such as a mulberry.

syncarpal
A structure of fused carpal bones

syncarpals
plural of syncarpal

syncarpium
A syncarp.

syncarps
plural of syncarp

syncerebra
plural of syncerebrum

syncerebrum
The supraesophageal glanglia or brain of many invertebrates.

syncervical
A fusion of the anterior cervical vertebrae in some tetrapods

syncervicals
plural of syncervical

synchiotrophoblast
Misspelling of syncytiotrophoblast.

synchondroses
plural of synchondrosis

synchondrosis
A form of only slightly moveable articulation between bones joined by hyaline cartilage, as in the spinal vertebrae.

synchondrotomy
Synonym of symphysiotomy.

synciput
Obsolete spelling of sinciput.

syncitia
plural of syncitium

syncitium
A mass of cytoplasm that has many nuclei and an enclosing membrane but no individual cells

syncoilin
A muscle-specific intermediate filament that is a binding partner of desmin.

synctiotrophoblast
Misspelling of syncytiotrophoblast.

syncytiosome
An exosome produced by syncytia

syncytiotrophoblast
The outer layer of the trophoblast, consisting of a single cell with many nuclei and a very large size and surface area.

syncytiotrophoblasts
plural of syncytiotrophoblast

syndesmography
desmology (study of the ligaments).

syndesmology
The branch of anatomy that deals with ligaments.

syndesmophyte
A bony growth originating inside a ligament.

syndesmophytes
plural of syndesmophyte

syndesmoses
plural of syndesmosis

syndesmosis
A slightly movable articulation or joint where the contiguous bony surfaces are rough and are united by an interosseous ligament (e.g. between the fibula and tibia at the ankle).

syndesmotomies
plural of syndesmotomy

syndesmotomy
The section of the ligaments.

syndetome
The dorsolateral part of an embryonic somite

synechia
An eye condition in which the iris adheres either to the cornea (anterior synechia) or to the lens (posterior synechia).

synechiae
plural of synechia

synechias
plural of synechia

synemin
An intermediate filament that localizes at the Z-disk and has been shown to bind to α-dystrobrevin, α-actinin, and desmin to act as a mechanical linker in transmitting force laterally throughout the tissue, especially between the contractile myofibrils and extracellular matrix.

synergid
Either of two naked nucleated cells at the top of the embryo sac that cooperate with the oosphere in the production of the embryo.

synergids
plural of synergid

synezeses
plural of synezesis