| REPTILIFEROUS | • reptiliferous adj. (Geology) Containing fossils of reptiles. • REPTILIFEROUS adj. of rock, bearing fossil reptiles. |
| STREPTOCARPUS | • streptocarpus n. Any of several plants of the genus Streptocarpus. the Cape primroses. • STREPTOCARPUS n. any flowering plant of the Cape primrose genus Streptocarpus, with foxglove-like flowers. |
| STREPTOCOCCAL | • streptococcal adj. Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus. • STREPTOCOCCAL adj. relating to streptococci, also STREPTOCOCCIC. |
| STREPTOCOCCIC | • streptococcic adj. Streptococcal. • STREPTOCOCCIC adj. relating to streptococci, also STREPTOCOCCAL. |
| STREPTOCOCCUS | • streptococcus n. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in… • Streptococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Streptococcaceae – the streptococcus bacteria. • STREPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus bacteria forming bent chains. |
| STREPTOKINASE | • streptokinase n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) An enzyme produced by some streptococci which is involved in breaking down… • STREPTOKINASE n. a proteolytic enzyme produced by hemolytic streptococci that promotes the dissolution of blood clots by activating plasminogen to produce plasmin. |
| STREPTOLYSINS | • streptolysins n. Plural of streptolysin. • STREPTOLYSIN n. an antigenic hemolysin produced by streptococci. |
| STREPTOMYCETE | • streptomycete n. Any bacterium of the family Streptomycetaceae. • STREPTOMYCETE n. any of a family of actinomycetes. |
| STREPTOMYCINS | • streptomycins n. Plural of streptomycin. • STREPTOMYCIN n. an antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus, the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis. |
| STREPTOSOLENS | • STREPTOSOLEN n. an evergreen solanaceous flowering shrub of the genus Streptosolen, with panicles of tubular orange flowers. |
| SUBREPTITIOUS | • subreptitious adj. Obsolete form of surreptitious. • SUBREPTITIOUS adj. fraudulently obtained; surreptitious. |
| SURREPTITIOUS | • surreptitious adj. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements). • SURREPTITIOUS adj. done by stealth. |