sarco-
(ˈsɑːkəʊ, sɑːˈkɒ)
combining form of Gr. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh, occurring as prefix in many scientific terms (the more important are given as Main words): sarco-acid, short for sarcolactic acid. ‖ ˈsarcobasis Bot., a very fleshy gynobase; = carcerule. ˈsarcoblast, (a) one of the minute yellow bodies present in rhizopods; (b) a germinal particle of protoplasm. ˈsarcocyte: see quot. sarˈcognomy Psych. rare [after physiognomy], the study of the sympathy and correspondence between the body and the brain. ‖ ˈsarcomatrix, in protozoa (see quot.). ˈsarcoplasm, ‖ sarcoˈplasma, the interfibrillar hyaline substance of muscle. ‖ sarcoˈsoma [Gr. σῶµα body], the ‘bark’ of corals. ˈsarcosperm Bot. = sarcoderm. ‖ sarcoˈstosis Path. [Gr. -οστωσις as in ἐξόστωσις exostosis], ossification of flesh (Craig 1849). ˈsarcostyle, ‖ sarcoˈtheca [Gr. θήκη case]: see quots. ˈsarcotome Surg. [Gr. -τόµος that cuts]: see quot.
| 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 197/1 The *sarco-acid has precisely the same structure as ordinary lactic acid. |
| 1866 Treas. Bot., *Sarcobasis, the same kind of fruit as the Carcerulus. |
| 1895 J. C. Warren Surg. Path. ix. 235 Some authorities believe that the new growth proceeds from the muscular cells or *sarcoblasts. |
| 1898 Sedgwick Textbk. Zool. I. 57 In many forms [of Gregarines] there are longitudinal fibrillar thickenings of the cuticle, and occasionally a special superficial layer of the ectoplasm immediately beneath the cuticle is distinguished as the *sarcocyte. |
| 1878 J. R. Buchanan Psychophysiol. Sci. 74 *Sarcognomy. 1882 Banner of Light (Boston, U.S.) 19 Aug., The entire symptomatology of diseases must be deficient in regard to mental symptoms,..without the guidance of sarcognomy. 1884 J. R. Buchanan (title) Therapeutic Sarcognomy, a scientific exposition of the mysterious union of soul and body, and a new system of therapeutic practice without medicine. |
| 1895 Jrnl. Mar. Zool. Mar. 13 The extra⁓capsular substance consists of two well defined layers, the inner (*sarcomatrix) which invests closely the capsule, is protoplasmic. |
| 1900 Bourne Comp. Anat. I. 96 They [sc. sarcostyles] are prismatic in section, and are separated from one another by a more fluid substance known as *sarcoplasm. |
| 1890 C. F. Marshall in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. CXI. 67 According to Rollett, the ‘muscle-columns’ are the essential parts of the fibre, and the ‘*sarcoplasma’ is simply interfibrillar material. |
| 1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. 363 The *sarcosoma or bark of the coral is next described [by Lacaze-Duthiers]. |
| 1849 Balfour Man. Bot. §578 The secundine..when it assumes a fleshy character,..has received the name of *sarcosperm or sarcoderm. |
| 1888 Allman in Challenger Rep., Zool. XXIII. Hydroida p. xix, I shall..adopt here the terminology proposed by Hincks, and use the term *sarcostyle for the fleshy offset from the cœnosarc, and that of *sarcotheca for the chitinous receptacle by which this is protected. Ibid., The Sarcothecæ occur in the Plumularinæ under two principal forms. |
| 1874 Trans. Clinical Soc. VII. 138 Description of the *Sarcotome, an Instrument for painlessly cutting through the soft Tissues of the Body. By W. Ainslie Hollis. |