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swimming pool granuloma See granuloma, fishbowl.

swimmer’s ear See ear infection, external.

sweating, gustatory Sweating on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck that occurs soon after ingesting food. Some gustatory sweating is normal after eating hot, spicy foods. Otherwise, gustatory sweating is most commonly a result of damage to a nerve that goes to the parotid gland, the large salivary gland in the cheek. In this condition,…

sweating The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sudoriferous (sweat) glands. See also perspiration; sudoriferous gland.

sweat test A simple test that is used to evaluate a patient who is suspected of having cystic fibrosis (CF). The goal of the test is to painlessly stimulate the patient’s skin to produce a certain amount of sweat, which may then be absorbed by a special filter paper and analyzed for chloride content. In…

sweat gland tumor See syringoma.

sweat gland See sudoriferous gland.

sweat chloride test See sweat test.

sweat See perspiration.

swallowing syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon swallowing. See also syncope, situational; vasovagal reaction.

suture 1 A type of bone joint in which two bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue, as in the skull. 2 Thread-like material used to sew tissue. 3 To stitch a wound closed.

susceptibility gene, breast cancer See breast cancer susceptibility gene.