stomachic
Relating to the stomach; gastric. Beneficial to digestion. An agent that
strengthens the stomach.

strychnine
Extremely poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C21H22O2N2, derived from
nux vomica and related plants, used to poison rodents and topically in
medicine as a stimulant for the central nervous system.

stupe
Hot, wet, medicated cloth used as a compress.

St. Vitus' Dance
See chorea

stye (hordeolum)
Inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid.


suety
Consisting of, or resembling, suet (hard fatty tissues around the
kidneys of cattle and sheep, used in cooking and for making tallow.)

sugar of lead
lead acetate, a poisonous white crystalline compound, Pb(C2H3O2)2.3H2O,
used in hair dyes, waterproofing compounds, and varnishes.

sumbul
Root of a plant of the genus Ferula (F. sumbul); formerly a tonic and