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• saddle back

aka swayback



• sail sign

seen on chest x-ray



• satyr ears

having pointed pinae, aka Mr. Spock ears



• scissor leg

deformity with crossing of the legs during walking.



• seagull cry

heart sound similar to a seagull's cry, heard via stethoscope.



• seal finger

cellulitis of the hand of unknown etiology, resulting from handline of seals or seal skins.



• second-set phenomenon

a sign of advanced transplanted organ rejection.



• seedy toe (vet)





• setting-sun sign

downward edeviation of the eyes to the point where they resemble setting suns.



• sheet sign

psychological dispair in AIDS patients who hide under the covers/sheets to avoid human contact.



• shipyard eye





• shotty nodes (not "shoddy")

feels like buckshot



• sick building syndrome

respiratory disease which occurs in?some people working/living in an air-conditioned building.



• Singapore ear





• sleepy foal disease (vet)





• Smurf sign

a nonofficial term referring to a blue cervix, named after the cartoon Smurfs.



• snapping finger

trigger finger



• snuffbox

those who dip snuff will often take the snuff from a snuff box (two words) and place it on the web space between the thumb and forefinger, anatomically called snuffbox (one word).



• spider finger

arachnodactyly



• split-brain syndrome

disruption of communication between hemispheres of the brain.



• sponge kidney

aka medullary sponge kidney



• spring finger

difficulty in complete flexion and extension.



• square root sign

seen on EKG in constrictive pericarditis.



• stairs sign (not "stare")

difficulty in descending stairs, seen in tabes dorsalis.



• steely-hair syndrome

seen in Menkes syndrome; see kinky hair



• steeple sign

seen on chest x-ray



• stiff lamb disease (vet)





• stiff-heart syndrome

any cardiac disease characterized by restrictive hemodynamics.



• stiff-man syndrome

patient has fluctuating rigidity of axial and limb muscles.



• string of beads sign

x-ray of the colon reveals a "string" of gas beads.



• string sign

seen on x-ray



• sunrise view (x-ray)





• sweet clover disease (vet)





• swimmer's ear

persistent ear infection of the ear due to prolonged water submersion.



• sympathizing eye

the uninjured eye mimics the injured eye; see exciting eye.