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sarco-|ˈsɑːkəʊ, sɑːˈkɒ| combining form of Gr. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh, occurring as prefix in many scientific terms (the more important are given as Main words): sarco-acid, short for sarcolactic acid. ‖ ˈsarcobasis Bot., a very fleshy gynobase; = carcerule. ˈsarcoblast, (a) one of the minute yellow bodies present in rhizopods; (b) a germinal particle of protoplasm. ˈsarcocyte: see quot. sarˈcognomy Psych. rare [after physiognomy], the study of the sympathy and correspondence between the body and the brain. ‖ ˈsarcomatrix, in protozoa (see quot.). ˈsarcoplasm, ‖ sarcoˈplasma, the interfibrillar hyaline substance of muscle. ‖ sarcoˈsoma [Gr. σῶµα body], the ‘bark’ of corals. ˈsarcosperm Bot. = sarcoderm. ‖ sarcoˈstosis Path. [Gr. -οστωσις as in ἐξόστωσις exostosis], ossification of flesh (Craig 1849). ˈsarcostyle, ‖ sarcoˈtheca [Gr. θήκη case]: see quots. ˈsarcotome Surg. [Gr. -τόµος that cuts]: see quot.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 197/1 The *sarco-acid has precisely the same structure as ordinary lactic acid.
1866Treas. Bot., *Sarcobasis, the same kind of fruit as the Carcerulus.
1895J. C. Warren Surg. Path. ix. 235 Some authorities believe that the new growth proceeds from the muscular cells or *sarcoblasts.
1898Sedgwick Textbk. Zool. I. 57 In many forms [of Gregarines] there are longitudinal fibrillar thickenings of the cuticle, and occasionally a special superficial layer of the ectoplasm immediately beneath the cuticle is distinguished as the *sarcocyte.
1878J. R. Buchanan Psychophysiol. Sci. 74 *Sarcognomy. 1882Banner of Light (Boston, U.S.) 19 Aug., The entire symptomatology of diseases must be deficient in regard to mental symptoms,..without the guidance of sarcognomy. 1884J. R. Buchanan (title) Therapeutic Sarcognomy, a scientific exposition of the mysterious union of soul and body, and a new system of therapeutic practice without medicine.
1895Jrnl. Mar. Zool. Mar. 13 The extra⁓capsular substance consists of two well defined layers, the inner (*sarcomatrix) which invests closely the capsule, is protoplasmic.
1900Bourne Comp. Anat. I. 96 They [sc. sarcostyles] are prismatic in section, and are separated from one another by a more fluid substance known as *sarcoplasm.
1890C. F. Marshall in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. CXI. 67 According to Rollett, the ‘muscle-columns’ are the essential parts of the fibre, and the ‘*sarcoplasma’ is simply interfibrillar material.
1865Nat. Hist. Rev. 363 The *sarcosoma or bark of the coral is next described [by Lacaze-Duthiers].
1849Balfour Man. Bot. §578 The secundine..when it assumes a fleshy character,..has received the name of *sarcosperm or sarcoderm.
1888Allman in Challenger Rep., Zool. XXIII. Hydroida p. xix, I shall..adopt here the terminology proposed by Hincks, and use the term *sarcostyle for the fleshy offset from the cœnosarc, and that of *sarcotheca for the chitinous receptacle by which this is protected. Ibid., The Sarcothecæ occur in the Plumularinæ under two principal forms.
1874Trans. Clinical Soc. VII. 138 Description of the *Sarcotome, an Instrument for painlessly cutting through the soft Tissues of the Body. By W. Ainslie Hollis. |