Skittles
Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM).
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Street name for the high produced by abuse of the drug dextromethorphan.
- Skull
the frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid, zygomatic, maxilla, nasal, vomer, palatine, inferior concha, and mandible. The early English word “skulle” came from the Nordic words “skal” and “skul” meaning a bowl. It is also thought that the Nordic toast “Skoal!” came from “skal” since ceremonial drinks were served in a bowl (or skull).
- Skull, hair-on-end
Thin fine linear extensions radiating out from the skull that look on an X-ray like hair standing “on-end” from the skull, an appearance associated with hemolytic anemias such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia. The “hair” represents the accentuated trabeculae extending between the inner and outer skull tables through the diploe in the expanded bone […]
- SKY (spectral karyotype)
A visualization of all of the chromosomes in the genome all together with each chromosome labeled with a different color. The SKY technique is useful for identifying chromosome abnormalities.
- Slake
1. To satisfy or quench. As, for example, she drank some water to slake her thirst. 2. To mix with water, to hydrate. As, for example, to slake lime.