sweet clover disease — n a hemorrhagic diathesis of sheep and cattle feeding on improperly cured sweet clover (genus Melilotus of the family Leguminosae) containing excess quantities of dicumarol * * * a hemorrhagic disease of animals, especially cattle, caused by… … Medical dictionary
Sweet's syndrome — swēts n a disease that occurs esp. in middle aged women, that is characterized by red raised often painful patches on the skin, fever, and neutrophilia in the peripheral blood, that responds to treatment with corticosteroids but not antibiotics,… … Medical dictionary
sweet flag — flag n a perennial marsh herb (Acorus calamus) of the arum family (Araceae) having long leaves and a pungent rootstock and used esp. formerly as a flavoring agent and in folk medicine but now largely abandoned because of demonstrated… … Medical dictionary
sweet almond — n an almond that produces sweet edible seeds and forms a distinct variety (Prunus amygdalus dulcis) of the common almond also the edible seed of this tree * * * 1. Prunus dulcis var. dulcis. 2. the fruit or seed of P. dulcis var. dulcis; a source … Medical dictionary
sweet almond oil — n ALMOND OIL (1a) * * * the fixed oil expressed from Prunus dulcis var. dulcis (the sweet almond). Cf. almond o. (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
sweet birch — n a common birch (Betula lenta) of the eastern U.S. with spicy brown bark that yields birch oil … Medical dictionary
sweet-birch oil — n BIRCH OIL … Medical dictionary
sweet gum — n a No. American tree of the genus Liquidambar (L. styraciflua) with a round spiny brown fruit cluster and an inner bark that is the source of American storax … Medical dictionary
sweet marjoram — n an aromatic European herb (Majorana hortensis) with dense spikelike flower clusters formerly used as a mild stimulant and carminative … Medical dictionary
sweet orange oil — n ORANGE OIL (a) * * * orange o … Medical dictionary
