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Engorgement. A state of vascular congestion. 



Enteritis. Inflammation of the bowels. 



Epidermis. The external covering of the body. The cuticle. 



Equine. Relating to the horse. 



Etiology. The causes of disease. 



Expansibility. The capability of being expanded. 



Expansion. The increase of bulk or of surface, of which natural bodies are 



susceptible. 

 Extensor. An extender. 



Extravasation. The effusion of a fluid out of its proper vessel or receptacle. 

 Exfoliation. Shedding off in flakes. 

 Exostosis. Morbid growth of bone from bone. 

 Excreta. Applied to matters voided from the animal system. 

 Excito-motory. Exciting motion. A peculiar attribute of the spinal system 



of nerves. 

 Epithelial. The cuticle covering a mucous membrane. 

 Effluvia. Noisome exhalations perceived by the sense of smell 

 Exudation. The oozing of fluids through the vascular walls. 

 *Endosteum. The lining membrane of bones. 

 Etymological. Relating to the derivation of a word 

 Equilibrium. Equality of weight. 

 Exhalents. Vessels that exhale or send out vapors. 



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Facilis decensus avernus. The road to evil is easy. 



Fascia. A tendinous expansion. 



Fibre. A minute thread or filament. 



Fibrillcs. Extremely fine threads only seen through the microscope. 



Fibrin. Coagulable lymph. 



Fibrinous. Having or partaking of fibrin. 



Fibro-cellular. Both fibrous and cellular. 



Fibro-elastic . Both fibrous and elastic. 



Filament. A delicate thread-like substance. 



Fissure. A deep depression. 



Follicles. Little bags. 



Foramen. A hole or opening. 



Foramina. Plural of foramen. 



Fragilitas. Ossium. Brittleness of bones. 



Frustum of a cpne. A cone with its apex cut off. 



Fulcrum. A stay, or prop. 



Function. A power or faculty by the exercise of which the vital phenomena 



are produced. 

 Functional disease. Where the function of an organ is vitiated, but its 



structure remains natural- 



