SEPSIS-The growth of pathogens in living tissue.
SERUM-(pl. serums or sera) The watery portion of an animal fluid remaining after coagulation; plasma minus the clotting proteins and clotting cells.

SHOCK-Collapse of the cardiovascular system, characterized by circulatory deficiency and depression of vital functions.

SOLUBILITY-The ability of a solid to dissolve in a given amount of solvent.
SPIRITS-Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solutions of volatile substances.
SPORE-A microorganism in a resting or dormant state that renders it highly resistant to destruction.

SPRAIN-Injury to the ligaments and soft tissues that support a joint.
STERILE-Free of all living organisms.
STERILIZATION-The process of destroying all organisms on a substance or article by exposure to physical or chemical agents; the process by which all organisms, including spores, are destroyed.

STERNUNTATORS-Vomiting agents.
STERTOROUS-Snoring-type breathing sound.
STRAIN-Forcible overstretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon.
STRIATED-Striped or streaked.

STRIDOR-Aharsh, high-pitched respiratory sound such as the inspiratory sound often heard in acute laryngeal obstruction.

SUBCUTANEOUS-Under the skin.
SUBLINGUAL-Under the tongue.
SUPERFICIAL-Ofor pertaining to the surface, lying on, not penetrating below.
SUPINE-Lying on the back.
SURGICAL ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE-The practice that renders and keeps objects and areas free from all organisms.

SURGICALLY CLEAN-Clean but not sterile.
SUSCEPTIBLE-Not resistant. Aperson or animal who may acquire an infection or disease when exposed to a specific agent, because his or her resistance to the agent is lacking or reduced.

SUSPECT-A person who may have acquired a communicable disease; it is indicated by the medical history and clinical presentation.

SUSPENSION-A coarse dispersion of finely divided insoluble material suspended in a liquid medium.

SYNCOPE-Faintness or actual fainting.
SYNERGIST-Amedicine that aids or cooperates with another.
SYRUP-Concentrated aqueous solutions of sucrose, containing flavoring or medicinal substances.

TACHYCARDlA-Excessively rapid heart beat, usually over 100.
TAENIAFUGE-Adrug that expels tapeworms without necessarily killing them.
TENDON-Afibrous cord by which a muscle is attached to the skeleton.
THORACIC-Pertaining to or affecting the chest.
THROMBUS-Aplug or clot in a blood vessel or in one of the cavities of the heart, formed by coagulation of the blood. It remains where it was formed.

TINCTURE-Usually an alcoholic solution of animal or vegetable drugs.
TINNITUS-Ringing in the ears.
TOXEMIA-Poisonous products in the blood.
TOXICOLOGY-The science of poisons.
TOXINS-Poisons.
TRACHEOSTOMY-Surgically creating an opening into the trachea.
TRIAGE-Sorting casualties to determine priority of treatment.
TRITURATION-Aprocess of reducing a solid to a very fine powder by grinding in a mortar and pestle.

URTICARIA-Hives or welts.
UREMIA-A condition resulting from waste products not being removed efficiently by the kidneys so that they remain in the blood.

VASCULAR-Pertaining to blood vessels.

VASOCONSTRICTOR-An agent that constricts the blood vessels.
VASODILATOR-An agent that dilates the blood vessels.
VERMICIDE-Adrug that expels worms without necessarily killing them.
VESICANT-Ablistering drug or agent.
VESICATION-The process of blistering.
VESICLE-Asmall blister.
VIRULENCE-The degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism or its ability to invade the tissues of the host.

WATERS-Aqueous solutions of volatile substances.