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Stimulant.—A medicine which quickens or increases functional activity, as strychnine, ammonium carbonate, alcohol, etc.

Stomachic.—A medicine which increases functional activity of the stomach, as quassia gentian, etc.

Stomatic.—A medicine used in diseases of the mouth, as boric acid, potassium chlorate, alum, etc.

Superfacient.—A medicine causing unconsciousness from which the patient can be roused, as opium, bromide of potassium, etc.

Styptic.—An agent that checks bleeding by causing contraction of the blood vessels, as tincture chloride of iron, ergot, etc.

Succedaneum.—A medicine which may be substituted for another possessing similar properties, as chloral hydrate for potassium bromide, or aloes for linseed oil, etc.

Sudorific.—A medicine or agent which produces an increased quantity of perspiration (sweat) as ginger, pilocarpine, Dover’s powders, etc.

Suppurant.—A medicine or agent promoting pus formation, as poultices, cantharides, croton oil, etc.

Synergist.—A medicine which co-operates or assists the action of another, as chloroform with ether, cantharides with red iodide of mercury, etc.