EASTON'S SYRUP 



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ECHINOPEDIUM 



Easton's Syrup. See Ferrum. 



Eat (it) [AS., etan, to eat]. To masticate and swallow 

 food. 



Eau(tf) [Fr.]. Water. E. de Cologne, cologne water. 

 E. de Vie, brandy ; alcoholic spirit. 



Eberth's Bacillus. See Bacteria, Synonymatic Table 

 of. E's. Lines. See Lines, Table of. 



Ebner's Glands. See Gland. 



Eboli's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Ebonite (eb'-on-ii) [ebon, ebony]. Black hard rubber. 

 See Vulcanite. 



Ebracteate (e-brak' '-te-at) \e, priv. ; bractea, a thin 

 plate] . In biology, destitute of bracts. 



Ebrietas (e-bri'-et-as) [L.]. Synonym of Alcoholism. 



Ebriety, Ebriosity {e-bri'-et-e, e-bre-os'-et-e). Synonym 

 of Alcoholism. 



Ebstein's Theory. A theory as to the origin of gout. 

 He claims that a nutritive tissue-disturbance is the pri- 

 mary change, leading to necrosis, and in the necrotic 

 areas the urates ( are deposited. E.'s Treatment. 

 See Treatment, Methods of. 



Ebullition (eb-ul-lish'-uri). See Boiling. 



Ebur (e'-bur) [L.]. Ivory. E. dentis, dentine, q.v. 



Eburnation (e-bur-na' -shuti) \ebur, ivory]. I. In- 

 crease of the earthy constituents of bone causing 

 greater size and density of the same. 2. Ossification 

 of a cartilage ; calcareous infiltration of a tumor. 



Eburneous (e-bur' '-ne-us) [ebur, ivory]. In biology, 

 ivory-white. 



Ecalcarate {e-kal' '-kar-at) \_e, priv. ; calcar, a spur]. In 

 biology, destitute of a spur or spur-like process. 



Ecarinate {e-kar' '-in-dt) \_e, priv. ; carina, keel]. In 

 biology, destitute of a carina or keel-like structure. 



Ecaudate (e-kaw' -ddf) [<?, priv. ; cauda, a tail]. In 

 biology, tailless ; without a tail-like appendage. See 

 Acaudal. 



Ecballium (ek-bal f -e-um). See Elaterium. 



Ecblepharos (ek-blef'-ar-os) [e/c, out ; (Hetyapov, eye- 

 lid]. An ancient form of artificial eye. 



Ecbloma (ek-blo' '-ma A) [e/c, out ; (iaXkeiv, to cast] . An 

 abortion ; an aborted fetus. 



Ecbolic (ek-bol'-ik) [enfiolii , a throwing out]. I. Abor- 

 tifacient. 2. A substance used to produce abortion, or 

 to facilitate parturition ; an abortifacient. 



Ecbolin (ek'-bol-in) [e/c, out ; /3oA^, a throw]. An 

 alkaloid said to be one of the active principles of ergot. 

 Little is known about it. 



Ecbolium (ek-bo' '-le-um) [kn(56?iiov ; e/c, out ; (iaXkeiv, 

 to throw : pl.,Ecbolid~\. Any abortifacient drug. 



Eccentric (ek-sen f -trik) [e/c, out; nevrpov, center]. I. 

 See Excentric. 2. Odd or peculiar in behavior, but 

 free from insanity. E. Amputation. See Amputa- 

 tion. E. Convulsion, one due to peripheral irritation. 



Eccentricity (ek-sen-tris f -it-e) [e/c, out; icevrpov, center]. 

 I. Oddness or peculiarity of behavior without true in- 

 sanity. 2. A peculiarity. 



Ecchondroma (ek-kon-dro' '-mah) [e/c, out ; x^> v ^P°Q > car_ 

 tilage : //., EccAondromata~\. A cartilaginous tumor ; 

 a chondroma. 



Ecchondrosis (ek-kon-dro' -sis) [e/c, out; ^vrfpoc, car- 

 tilage : //. , EccAondroses~\. A cartilaginous out- 

 growth. 



Ecchondrotome (ek-kon' -dro-tom) [e/c, out ; ;^vr5/)oc > 

 cartilage; ro/idg, cutting]. An instrument for the 

 surgical removal of cartilaginous growths. 



Ecchymoma (ek-e-mo f -mah) [e/c^iy^w/^a, an ecchymo- 

 sis : //., EccAymomata~\. A tumor made up of extrav- 

 asated blood. 



Ecchymosis (ek-e-mo'-sis) [eicxvuArafiai, to extravasate 

 blood]. An effusion of blood into the subcutaneous 

 tissues. It is marked by a purple coloration of the 

 skin, the color gradually changing to brown, green, 



and yellow. It is often the result of traumatism. See, 

 also, Purpura. 



Ecchymotic (ek-e-mot'-ik) [cnxv/uoeadai, to extravasate 

 blood]. Relating to or looking like ecchymosis. 



Ecchysis (ek'-kis-is) [ekxvcuc, a pouring out]. Any 

 skin-disease characterized by effusion into the dermal 

 tissue. 



Eccoprosis (ek-o-pro' -sis) [e/c, out; noivpog, feces]. 

 Gentle purgation ; defecation. 



Eccoprotic (ek-o-prot'-ik) [e/c, out; nonpoc, feces]. I. 

 Gently aperient. 2. Any aperient remedy ; a purgative. 



Eccrinology (ek-rin-ol' ' -o-je) [inpivetv, to excrete ; aojoc, 

 science]. The science of excretion, including its 

 physics, physiology, and pathology. 



Eccyesis (ek-si-e / -sis) [e/c, out; nvrimg, pregnancy]. 

 Extra-uterine gestation. 



Eccyliosis (ek-se-le-o / -sis) [e/c, out; kv?ueci>, to roll]. 

 Any'disorder of development. 



Ecdemic (ek-dem'-ik) [e/cc^uoc, away from home]. 

 Applied to diseases originating in a distant locality ; 

 not endemic. 



Ecdemiomania (ek-de-me-o-ma f -ne-ah), or Ecdemo- 

 mania (ek-de-mo-ma' -ne-ah) [indrjiiog, away from 

 home ; jiavia, madness]. Insanity marked by a de- 

 sire for wandering. 



Ecdemionosus (ek-de-vie-on' '-o-sus) [eKdrjjueeiv, to wan- 

 der ; v6aog, disease]. Ecdemiomania. 



Ecderon (ek'-der-on) [e/c, out; depog, skin]. I. That 

 layer of skin or mucous membrane that lies outside of 

 the enderon. 2. The outermost or epithelial layer of 

 skin or mucous membrane. 



Ecderonic (ek-der-on'-ik) [e/c, out ; dipog, skin]. Be- 

 longing to or of the nature of the ecderon. 



Ecdysis (ek'-dis-is) [Ludveiv, to cast off]. In biology, 

 the sloughing or casting off of the skin. 



Ecgonin (ek'-go-nin), CgH^NOj-l-Hp. An alkaloid 

 produced in the decomposition of cocain by HC1. It 

 is very soluble in water, more sparingly in alcohol, 

 and consists of prismatic crystals that melt at 205 C. 



Echidnin (e-kid'-nin) [e£«Jwz, viper]. 1. Serpent- 

 poison ; the poison or venom of the viper and other 

 similar serpents. 2. A nitrogenous and venomous 

 principle found in the poison- secretion of various ser- 

 pents. 



Echinacea (ek-in-a' '-se-ah) [e/cZvor, a hedgehog]. A 

 genus of coarse composite plants of N. America. E. 

 angustifolia. Black Sampson. The root of a peren- 

 nial herb growing in the U. S. It is claimed that it 

 possesses marked alterative value in strumous and 

 syphilitic conditions. Dose of the fluid extract n\_xv- 

 xxx. Unof. 



Echinate (ek f -in-dt) \_echinatus, prickly, from echinus, 

 a hedgehog]. Beset with prickles. 



Echinochrome (e-ki'-no-kioni) [ejZwc, a sea-urchin; 

 Xpuiia, color]. In biology, a brown pigment of 

 respiratory function found by MacMunn in the peri- 

 visceral fluid of Echinus. 



Echinochromogen (e-ki-no-kro' -mo-jen) [e^Zroc, a 

 sea-urchin; xp^\ ,n i color; yevrjc, producing]. In 

 biology, the chromogen causing the deepening of 

 color in echinochrome on exposure to air. 



Echinococcus (e-ki-no-kok'-us) [e#Zi>oc, a hedge 

 /c<5/c/coc, a berry]. In biology, the same as E. veteri- 

 norum, the hydatid of the Tcrnia echinococcus of the 

 dog, the most universally distributed of all the hyda- 

 tids. It is found mainly in the liver and in the nings 

 of cattle. See Parasites {Animal), Table of 



Echinopedium (e-ki-no-pe' -de-um) [e^Zwc, a sea- 

 urchin; natdiav, dim. of natc (7ra/(?-),a child]. 1" 

 biology, Huxley's term for the bilaterally symmetric 

 larva of an echinoderm just as it leaves the egg. It 

 in many ways resembles a worm-larva. Cf. /'/ulcus. 



