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of the conjunctiva observed after operations or injuries 

 that have produced a perforation in the most anterior 

 sections of the sclera. It is due to the oozing of the 

 aqueous humor between the lips of the wound and 

 under the conjunctiva. E., Intermittent. See £., 

 Angio-neurotic. E., Malarial. See £., Angio-neu- 

 rotic. E., Malignant, the term applied by Koch to 

 a parasitic form of gangrenous inflammation that occurs 

 at times after serious bone-injuries, etc. It is charac- 

 terized by the rapid spread, the septic character of the 

 inflammatory product, and the speedy destruction of the 

 tissue involved, with the formation of gas. It is also 

 called Gangrenous emphysema. E., Menstrual. See 

 £., Angio-neurotic. E. neonatorum, a disease 

 resembling somewhat sclerema neonatorum, the skin, 

 however, being less generally involved and less edema- 

 tous, filled with a serous fluid, and assuming a livid or 

 purplish, rather than a whitish tint, as in sclerema. The 

 disease begins before the third day of life, with drow- 

 siness, and then the edema appears in the extremities, 

 especially the legs, gradually spreading upward. E., 

 Solid, a form of edema in which puncture gives exit 

 not to serum, but to a sanious, stringy, lymphoid 

 material. 



Edematous (e-dem' -at-us) [oiSqua, edema]. Marked 

 by edema ; swollen ; puffy. 



Edentate (e-den'-tai) [e, priv. ; dens, a tooth]. In bio- 

 logy, toothless, as an entire leaf, or a member of the 

 Edentata among mammals. 



Edentation (e-den-ta' -shuti) [e, without; dens, a tooth]. 

 A deprivation of teeth. 



Edentulous (e-den'-tu-lus) [e, without; dens, a tooth]. 

 Without teeth (applied to one who has lost his teeth). 

 See Caries of the Teeth. 



Edeocephalus (e-de-o-sef -al-us) [aidoia, genitals ; from 

 the resemblance of the proboscis to a penis ; keoo'/.tj, 

 head]. A variety of single autositic monsters of the 

 species otocephalus, in which there is synopsia, ab- 

 sence of the mouth, very rudimentary jaws, and the 

 presence of a proboscis. 



Edeodynia (e-de-o-din' -e-ah) [aidoia , genitalia ; bdivr), 

 pain]. Any pain in the reproductive organs. 



Edeogargalismus (e-de-o-gar-gal-iz' -mus) [aidoia, gen- 

 itals ; yapya7uauoq, a tickling]. Masturbation. 



Edeography (e-de-og / -ra-fe) [aidoia, the genitals ; 

 ypaqeiv, to write]. A description of the genitalia. 



Edeology (e-de-ol' '-o-Je)[aldoia, genitals ; /-oyoq, science]. 

 A treatise or monograph on the organs of genera- 

 tion. 



Edeomania (e-de-o-ma'-ne-ah) [aidoia, genitals ; ftavia, 

 madness]. Nymphomania ; satyriasis. 



Edeomycodermitis (e-de-o-mi-ko-der-mi'-lis) [aidoia, 

 genitals ; uvkoc, mucus : depua, skin ; trig, inflamma- 

 tion]. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of 

 any of the genital organs. 



Edeopsophy (e-de-of/so-fe) [aidoia, genitals; ipooeiv, 

 to utter a noise]. The emission of sounds from the 

 genital organs (as from the bladder or vagina). 



Edeopsy (e / -de-op-se). Same as Edeoscopy. 



Edeoptosis {e-de-op-to'-sis) [aidoia, genitals ; ~ruo~ig, 

 a fall]. Prolapse of some portion of the genital ap- 

 paratus. 



Edeoscopy (e-de-os / -ho-pe)[aidoia, the genitals; oncnreiv, 

 to inspect]. An inspection or professional examination 

 of the genital organs. 



Edeotomy (e-de-ol' -o-me) [aidoia, genitals ; toujj, a cut- 

 ting]. The anatomy or dissection of the genital or- 

 gans. 



Edgeweed (ej'-wld). A composite- flowered plant, 

 Sericocarpus tortifolius, of the Southern U. S. It is 

 used as a remedy for colic in horses. Unof. 



Edible (ed'-ib-l) [edibilis, eatable]. A qualification 



applied to food, the condition of which is good and 

 wholesome. 



Edison- Lalande Cell. See Cell. 



Edriopthalmous (ed-re-off-thal' -mus) [kdpiov, dim. of 

 Idpa, a seat; bodaXfwc, eye]. In biology, having 

 fixed, sessile eyes, not borne on a movable stalk. 



Educt (e'-dukt) [e, out; ducere , to draw]. A com- 

 pound that exists in any substance and is extracted from 

 it by a chemic or pharmaceutic process ; opposed to 

 product, which designates a body that is produced by a 

 process similar to that used in its extraction. 



Edulcorant (e-dul'-kor-atit) [e, out; dulcorare, to 

 sweeten]. Sweetening ; corrective of acidity or of 

 acrimony. 



Edulcoration (e-dul-kor-a' -shun) [edulcare, to sweet- 

 en]. In chemistry, the act or process of sweetening ; 

 the removal of soluble or saline matters by washing. 



Effeminacy (ef-em' '-in-as-e). See Feminism. 



Effemination (ef-em-in-a'-shun) [effeminare , to make 

 womanish]. The state of being effeminate. 



Effera (ef'-er-ah) [efferus, fierce, wild]. Sauvage's 

 name for a certain genus of exanthematous diseases. 



Efferent (ef'-er-ent) [efferens, carrying from]. Of 

 nerves, conveying impulses from the central nervous 

 system to some tissue ; motor ; secretory. Of blood- 

 vessels, conveying blood from the tissues toward the 

 heart, veins, or from the gills. Of lymphatics, the 

 vessels leaving or conveying lymph from the lymphatic 

 glands. Compare Afferent. 



Effervescent (ef-er-ves'-ent) [effervescere, to boil up]. 

 Susceptible of being made to effervesce, or to dissolve 

 with foaming and with the escape of a gas, such as 

 carbon dioxid. 



Effervescing (efer-ves' -ing) [effervescere, to boil up]. 

 Boiling up; foaming. E. Powders. See Seidlitz 

 Pmuders. 



Effleurage {ef-flur-azh') [Fr.]. In massage, centripe- 

 tal strokings, i. e., toward the body or heart. These may 

 be made with the palm of one hand, the palms of both 

 hands, the thumb, or the tips of the fingers. Effleur- 

 age increases the circulation in the venous blood- 

 vessels and the lymphatics, thereby causing absorp- 

 tion. 



Efflorescence (ef-lor-es 1 '-enz) [efflorescere, to bloom]. 

 I. The flowering of plants. 2. The formation of 

 minute crystals on the surface of certain crystalline 

 bodies, due to the loss of a part or the whole of their 

 water of crystallization. 3. The breaking-out 01 

 characteristic eruption of an exanthematous disease. 



Effluent (ef-lu'-ent) [effluere, to flow out]. An out- 

 flow. The fluid discharged from works for the treat 

 ment of sewage. 



Effluvia (ef-lu'-ve-ah) [L.]. Plural of Effluzium, q.v. 

 E., Telluric, emanations arising from the earth. 



Effluvium (ef-lu' -ve-uni) [effluere, to flow out: //., 

 Effluvia"]. Any subtle emanation from a substance or 

 person, especially one that is offensivelv odoriferous. 



Efflux (ef'-ftuks), or Effluxion (ef-fluk' -shun) [effluxio; 

 effluxus, an outflow]. I. An outflow; that which 

 flows out. 2. Abortion, or the escape of the embryo 

 from the womb during a very early stage of preg- 

 nancy. 



Effracture (ef-frak'-chur) [ex, out ; fractura, a fracture]. 

 Fracture of the cranium, with depression of one or 

 more fragments. 



Effusion (ef-u'-zhuri) [effundere, to pour out]. A 

 pouring-out. The abormal secretion or transfer of a 

 liquid from its natural organ or place; effused material. 



Effusive (ef-u'-siv) [effundere, to pour out]. Attended 

 with or of the nature of an effusion. 



Egertic (e-jer'-tik) [eyepriKOq, wakening]. Causing 

 wakefulness. 



