sarcosporid1a

pl. [Gr. sarx (gen it. sarkos )=flesh; spora seed; -idia.] Biol.: A subcla of the Sporozoa, frequent as a parasite in the muscles of cattle, sheep, swine, etc. sar-co-stem-mą, subst. [Pref. sarco-, and Gr. stemma =a wreath. Named from the fleshy leafiets of the inner corolla.] Bot.: A genus of true Asclepiadaceae. Corolla rotate, with a coronet of double stamens. Sarco stemma forskahlianum and F. stipitaceum are eat able. S. glaucum constitutes the ipecacuanha of Venezuela. Water pa ed through a bag of S. brev istigma and a bag of salt will kill any white ants. sar-co-sto-sis, s . [Gr. sarx ( gen it.sarkos )=flesh, osteon bone.] Pathol .: Bone formation in mus sculptures. In modern times (in the Vatican). stone coffins are occasionally used for royal or distinguished persons. "On the right and on the left reposed, each in a ma y sarcophagus, the departed kings and queens of Spain." Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. sar-coph-a-gy, *sar-coph-a-gie, subst. [SARCOPHAGUS.] The practice of eating flesh. "There was no sarcophagy before the flood." - Browne : Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., ch. xxv. tsar-co-phile, s. [SARCOPHILUS.] Any flesh loving animal; spec if., any individual of the old genus Sarcophilus (q. v.). *sar-coph-1-lus, s. [Prof. sarco- , and Gr.phileō =to love.J Zool .: An old synonym of Dasyurus (q. v.).