~ SCUTCHEON   or ESCUTCHEON
              id+ | SHIELD LIKE |
~ SCUTE       id+ | HARD SCALE or SQUAMA like |
              id+ | implies HARDNESS | as in
              see> SCLERA see> SCLEROSIS
~ SCUTUM      id+ | SHIELD in lat |
              etym> points to HARD HID SHIELD CHEST THORAX
  gr    SKUTOS      HIDE  LEATHER
         KUTOS      same
  lat   SCUTUS      same  also TARGET
        SCUTUM      LARGE OBLONG SHIELD
        SCUTULA     SAUCER thus CUP or CUPOLA LIKE
  med> ESCUTCHEON   SHIELD LIKE SHAPE   sug> CHEST
                    reduced to denote SHIELD LIKE
                    PUBIC HAIR DISTRIBUTION IN FEMALES
  it    SCUDO       SHIELD
  biol> SCUTE       HORNY PLATE
  sp   ESCUDO       SHIELD and COIN MONEY
       ESCOTE       OPENING as in a BLOUSE
       ESCOTILLA    OPENING to DRAIN or SCUTTLE a SHIP
  eng   SCUTTLE     as per SINK A SHIP or in general
                    OPEN TO CAUSE DAMAGE
  fr    SCOTAGE     FEE PAID BY KNIGHTS TO AVOID
                    MILITARY SERVICE
  hx>   SCUTARIUS   ROMAN GUARDSMAN
  eng   SQUIRE      MAN belonging to GENTRY
       ESQUIRE      same
       ESCUTCHEON   or
  note              shift toward see> THORAX
  gr    THOLUS      or
        THOLOS      ROUND BUILDING WITH A
                    CONICAL ROOF or CUPOLA
  hx>               ARCHED BEEHIVE LIKE ANCIENT
                    BURIAL VAULTS or MONUMENTS
  lat   THORAX      CHEST also CUIRASS of LEATHER
                    FRONT and BACK PIECES COVERING
                    THE CHEST  UPPER ABDOMEN and BACK
  med>  THYROID     SHIELD LIKE CARTILAGE
  note              extension toward see> STERN STERNUM
  med> THE SHAPE OF THE THORAX or CHEST
       IS REFLECTED ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE
  see> STERNUM associated with a
       PECTUS  EXCAVATUM or CARINATUM or KEEL LIKE
  med> ESCUTCHEON has been reduced to refer to
       SHIELD LIKE FEMININE PUBIC HAIR DISTRIBUTION
  see> BREAST
  see> CHEST
  see> STERNUM
  see> PECTUS