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Sarbel

Sarbel (Σαρμπέλ), born Sarbel Michael Maronitis in London in 1981, is a Greek-British pop singer who represented Greece at Eurovision 2007 with "Yassou Maria", finishing 7th.

Sarbjit (सरबजीत), 2016 Hindi biographical drama directed by Omung Kumar, starring Randeep Hooda as Sarabjit Singh and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Dalbir Kaur; released 20 May 2016, 131 minutes, ₹27.38 crore India box office.

Oct 22, 2026

Sarbohara

Sarbohara (সর্বহারা, also Sarbahara) is a Bengali word meaning the proletariat, best known as a 1926 poetry collection by Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet.

Sarbori Mukherjee

Sarbori Mukherjee (শর্বরী মুখোপাধ্যায়), BJP artist-politician, is the West Bengal MLA for Jadavpur since May 2026, winning with 106,199 votes (45.96%) and a 27,716 margin over TMC's Debabrata Majumdar; formerly a Bengali TV actress and 2016 Sagar BJP candidate.

Sarcasm

Sarcasm, a subtype of verbal irony also called sarcastic irony, uses words meaning the opposite of intent to mock or criticize a target. Key facts: Greek etymology sarkazein, context and prosody cues, left IFG neural substrate, NLP detection.

Oct 15, 2026

Sarcelles (housing estate)

The Sarcelles housing estate, grand ensemble de Sarcelles-Lochères, is a postwar development of about 12,368 dwellings north of Paris, built between 1954 and 1974 and regarded as France's first grand ensemble.

Sarcina

Sarcina (Sarcina ventriculi, Clostridium ventriculi) is a genus of gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming cocci in cuboidal packets of eight, described by John Goodsir in 1842, found in soil and gastric biopsies with delayed gastric emptying.

Sarco pod

Sarco pod (sarcophagus): a 3D-printed nitrogen-hypoxia assisted-suicide capsule by Philip Nitschke's Exit International, unveiled 2017, first used in Switzerland 23 September 2024, ruled not a therapeutic product by Swissmedic and under criminal investigation.

Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Sarcobatus vermiculatus, black greasewood (greasewood, saltbush, seepwood), a spiny halophytic shrub of western North American saline-alkaline soils, family Sarcobataceae, with oxalate toxicity to livestock and forage value.

Sarcocystosis

Sarcocystosis (sarcosporidiosis), infection with Sarcocystis protozoa; intestinal form from undercooked beef or pork (S. hominis, S. suihominis), muscular form from sporocyst-contaminated food or water, mostly tropical regions and Southeast Asia.

Sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis, also known as Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease, is an inflammatory disease of unknown cause in which immune cells form granulomas, most often in the lungs and chest lymph nodes.

Sarcoidosis of lung

Sarcoidosis of lung (pulmonary sarcoidosis, ICD-11 4B20.0) is lung involvement in sarcoidosis, a granulomatous disease of unknown cause. Diagnosed by compatible presentation, nonnecrotizing granulomas, and exclusion of alternatives; treated first with glucocorticoids.

Oct 20, 2026

Sarcoidosis of lymph nodes

Sarcoidosis of lymph nodes (ICD-11 4B20.1, benign lymphogranulomatosis) is lymph node involvement by sarcoidosis; intrathoracic nodes enlarged in 75–90% of patients, diagnosed by noncaseating granulomas with EBUS-guided sampling.

Sarcolipin

Sarcolipin (SLN) is a 31-residue single-pass transmembrane peptide of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum that inhibits and uncouples the SERCA calcium pump, driving ATP hydrolysis into heat for muscle non-shivering thermogenesis, unlike the cardiac regulator phospholamban.

Sarcoma

Sarcoma is a rare cancer arising in bone or soft tissues such as muscle, fat, and cartilage, with over 50 types and treatments including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.

Sarcomere

Sarcomere: the repeating contractile unit of striated muscle, delimited by Z-discs, about 2 µm long, built from actin, myosin, troponin, tropomyosin, and titin; force peaks at 2.0–2.2 µm and sarcomeric gene mutations drive cardiomyopathies.

Sarcopenia

Sarcopenia, also called muscle failure, is progressive age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function. Diagnosed by EWGSOP2 or AWGS 2019 criteria; no FDA-approved drug exists.

Sarcophagus (σαρκοφάγος)

Sarcophagus (σαρκοφάγος, "flesh-eater"): a coffin, properly of stone, used from ancient Egypt, Minoan Crete, Etruria, and Rome onward; distinguished from plain coffins by material, decoration, and funerary function.

Sarcophagus of Baalshillem II

The Sarcophagus of Baalshillem II is a Lycian-type relief sarcophagus found at Ayaa near Sidon, attributed to the 5th- or 4th-century BC Sidonian king Baalshillem II and held in Istanbul.

Oct 22, 2026

Sarcophagus of Constantina

The Sarcophagus of Constantina is a monumental red porphyry coffin made in the mid-fourth century for Constantina, a daughter of Constantine the Great who died in 354.

Sarcophagus of Seti I

The sarcophagus of Seti I is an alabaster burial basin from tomb KV17, carved around 1279 BC and displayed since 1824 in Sir John Soane's Museum, London.

Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women

The Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women is a temple-shaped marble tomb carved around 360-350 BC for a ruler of Sidon, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.

Sarcophagus of the Satrap

The Sarcophagus of the Satrap is a Parian marble anthropoid sarcophagus from the royal necropolis of Ayaa near Sidon, dated to the Persian period and now in Istanbul.

Oct 22, 2026

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

The Sarcophagus of the Spouses is a monumental Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn made at Cerveteri around 530-520 BCE, whose lid shows a married couple reclining on a banquet couch.

Sarcophilus

Sarcophilus, also called the Tasmanian devil genus (Sarcophilus harrisii), is a monotypic dasyurid marsupial genus endemic to Tasmania, the largest living carnivorous marsupial, endangered from devil facial tumor disease since 1996.

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), the muscle-specialized endoplasmic reticulum, stores and releases calcium ions to drive contraction and relaxation; described by Veratti in 1902, rediscovered by electron microscopy in the 1960s.

Sarcopterygii

Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes) are bony vertebrates with fins built on a central metapterygial axis, including coelacanths, lungfishes, and tetrapods; lungfishes are the closest living fish relatives of land vertebrates.

Sarcoptes scabiei

Sarcoptes scabiei, the human itch mite (var. hominis), is a skin-burrowing arachnid causing scabies and, in animals, sarcoptic mange; four life stages, 0.3-0.45 mm females, treated with permethrin or ivermectin.

Sarcoptidae

Sarcoptidae (Murray, 1877) is a family of astigmatan mites in Sarcoptoidea, obligate burrowing skin parasites of mammals with about 100+ species in 16 genera; type genus Sarcoptes, whose species Sarcoptes scabiei causes scabies and sarcoptic mange.