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101sphingomyelin — /sfing goh muy euh lin/, n. Biochem. any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid. [ < NL sphingo , comb. form repr. Gk sphíngein to draw… …
102Stricture — An abnormal narrowing of a body passage, especially a tube or a canal. The stricture may be due, for example, to scar tissue or to a tumor. Stricture refers to both the process of narrowing and the narrowed part itself. A stricture is also… …
103strain — 1. A population of homogeneous organisms possessing a set of defined characteristics; in bacteriology, the set of descendants that retains the characteristics of the ancestor; members of a s. that subsequently differ from the original isolate are …
104Stress (biology) — This article is about the concept of stress in relation to biology. . For the concept of stress in physics and mechanics, see Stress (mechanics). Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in… …
105distrain — dis·train /di strān/ vb [Anglo French destreindre, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere to hinder, punish, from Latin, to pull in different directions, distract, from dis apart + stringere to draw tight] vt …
106astringent — (adj.) 1540s, from L. astringentum (nom. astringens), prp. of astringere to bind fast, tighten, contract, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + stringere draw tight (see STRAIN (Cf. strain) (v.)). As a noun from 1620s …
107constrain — early 14c., constreyen, from stem of O.Fr. constreindre (Mod.Fr. contraindre) restrain, control, from L. constringere to bind together, tie tightly, fetter, shackle, chain, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + stringere to draw tight (see… …
108restriction — (n.) early 15c., from L.L. restrictionem (nom. restrictio) limitation, from pp. stem of L. restringere restrict, bind fast, restrain, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + stringere draw tight (see STRAIN (Cf. strain) (v.)) …
109stress — {{11}}stress (n.) c.1300, hardship, adversity, force, pressure, in part a shortening of M.Fr. destresse (see DISTRESS (Cf. distress)), in part from O.Fr. estrece narrowness, oppression, from V.L. *strictia, from L. strictus compressed, pp. of… …
110stricture — (n.) c.1400, abnormal narrowing in a body part, from L.L. strictura contraction, constriction, from pp. stem of stringere (2) to bind or draw tight (see STRAIN (Cf. strain) (v.)). Sense of criticism, critical remark is first recorded 1650s,… …
