| PHRAGMOPLASTS | • phragmoplasts n. Plural of phragmoplast. • PHRAGMOPLAST n. the enlarged barrel-shaped spindle that is characteristic of the later stages of plant mitosis and within which the cell plate forms. |
| SIGMOIDECTOMY | • sigmoidectomy n. (Surgery) A colectomy in which the sigmoid colon is removed. • SIGMOIDECTOMY n. removal of the sigmoid colon. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPE | • sigmoidoscope n. (Medicine) An instrument used for examining the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPY | • sigmoidoscopy n. (Medicine) Internal examination of the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPY n. examination of the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SPHYGMOGRAPHS | • sphygmographs n. Plural of sphygmograph. • SPHYGMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording the pulse. |
| SPHYGMOGRAPHY | • sphygmography n. Measurement of the pulse. • SPHYGMOGRAPHY n. the measurement of the pulse. |
| SPHYGMOLOGIES | • SPHYGMOLOGY n. the study of the pulse. |
| SPHYGMOMETERS | • sphygmometers n. Plural of sphygmometer. • SPHYGMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure. |
| SPHYGMOPHONES | • sphygmophones n. Plural of sphygmophone. • SPHYGMOPHONE n. an instrument for hearing the pulse. |
| SPHYGMOSCOPES | • sphygmoscopes n. Plural of sphygmoscope. • SPHYGMOSCOPE n. an instrument for making arterial pulsations visible. |
| STALAGMOMETER | • stalagmometer n. A device for investigating surface tension by the stalagmometric method. • STALAGMOMETER n. instrument for measuring surface tension by drops. |
| STALAGMOMETRY | • stalagmometry n. The measurement of surface tension by measuring the weight of the drops of fluid falling from a capillary glass tube. • STALAGMOMETRY n. measurement of surface tension by drops. |
| THIGMOTROPISM | • thigmotropism n. (Biology) Growth or motion in response to touch. • THIGMOTROPISM n. the response of an organism to direct contact with a surface, e.g. a creeping plant that twines itself around a support. |