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- S -

• sagittal (not saggital � sadg-it-tuhl)


• scalene (from scalenus) not scaline


• scarring (not scaring)


• seborrheic (sub-ore-ee-ick)


• senile (and similar usage, arcus senilis not sinilis)


• serotonin (sirro-tone-in)


• shotty lymph nodes (not shoddy)


• suppuration (supp-ure-ashun)