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cases of malaria. In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the perfection of the science. Coleridge. Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or characteristics distinguishing one species from every other species of the same genus. -- Specific disease (Med.) (a) A disease which produces a determinate…

The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relations and applications.

The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry.

The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

The branch of science which treats of the spleen.

That which is gained by strength or effort. each science and each art his spoil. Bentley.

The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.

The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.

Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. Stigmatic geometry, or Stigmatics, that science in which the correspondence of index and stigma (see Stigma, 7) is made use of to establish geometrical proportions.

That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues.

One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

ing of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. Hammond . . . spent thirteen hours of the day in study. Bp. Fell. Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace. Sir W. Temple.

ject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone. As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it. J. H. Newman.

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation…

One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.

The science of creeds; symbolics.

The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.