SIN´CIPUT, _n._ Anterior half of pileus, from bill to vertex. (32.)

SINIS´TRAD, _a._ Toward the left.

SINISTRAL, _a._ On the left side.

SI´NUS, _n._ Name of numerous and various cavities of the body.

SKEL´ETON, _n._ Sum of the bones of a body. It generally means only

the _endoskeleton_ proper, or internal bony framework of the body, as

distinguished from _exoskeleton_ or _dermoskeleton_.

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