GLOSSARY. 



in ; (?>, ofkco, I push). The pro- 

 cess by which one fluid, separated 

 from another by a membrane, mixes 

 with it in a direction inwards from 

 without. 



Endos'teum (Gr. eV 5oi/, en' don, with- 

 in ; ocrreov, os'teon, a bone). The 

 fine membrane lining the medullary 

 canal of bones. 



Ea'dostome (Gr.eVSoj/, en' don, within; 

 (TTo/jia, stoma, a mouth). The inner 

 aperture of an ovule. 



Ene'ma (Gr. ev, en, in ; l-rjfu, kiemi, 

 I send). A medicine thrown into 

 the lower bowel. 



Engineering. The art of construct- 

 ing and using engines or machines. 



Engorgement (Fr. en, in ; gorge, the 

 throat). A swallowing greedily ; 

 but applied in medicine to an over- 

 filled state of the vessels of a part. 



Eaneagyn'ia (Gr. evvsa., en'nea, nine ; 

 ywrj, gune, a female). An order 

 of plants having nine pistils. 



Ennean'dria (Gr. ewea, en'nea, nine ; 

 a.vilp, aner, a male). A class of 

 plants in the Linmean system having 

 nine stamens. 



Enode (Lat. e, from ; nodus, a knot). 

 Without knots or joints. 



En'siform (Lat. ensis, a sword ; forma, 

 shape). Like a sword. 



Entablature (Lat. in, in ; tab'ula, a 

 board or table). The structure 

 which lies horizontally on columns, 

 divided into architrave, frieze, and 

 cornice. 



Enter'ic (Gr. eVrepoi/, en'teron, an in- 

 testine). Belongingto the intestines. 



Enteri'tis (Gr. tv-rtpov, en'teron, an 

 intestine ; itis, denoting inflamma- 

 tion). Inflammation of the intestines. 



En'terocele (Gr. svrspov, en'teron, an 

 intestine ; KTJATJ, Iccle, a tumour). 

 A hernial tumour containing intes- 

 tine. 



En'terolith (Gr. frrepov, en'teron, an 

 intestine ; \idos, lithos, a stone). 

 A concretion resembling a stone, 

 formed in the intestines. 



Enthet'ic (Gr. ti>, en, in ; Tt07j/u', 

 tithemi, I place). A term applied 

 to diseases which become developed 

 in the body after the introduction 

 of a poison. 



En'taymeme (Gr. tv6v(jifoiJ.ai, enihit- 

 meomai, I think). In rhetoric, an 

 argument consisting of two propo- 

 sitions only, an antecedent and a 

 consequent. 



Ento- (Gr. eWos, en'tos, within). A 

 prefix in compound words, signify- 

 ing to the inner side. 



En'tomoid (Gr. ^vrop.ov, en'tomon, 

 insect, from eV, en, into ; re^vco, 

 temno, I cut ; eiSos, eidos, form). 

 Resembling an insect. 



Entoinol'ogy (Gr. &TO/H.OV, en'tomon, 

 an insect ; \oyos, logos, a descrip- 

 tion). A description of insects. 



Entomoph'agous (Gr. ^VTO^OV, en'to- 

 mon, an insect ; <pa.yta, phagd, I 

 eat). Feeding on insects. 



Entomos'traca (Gr. fVro/Aoi/, en'tomon, 

 an insect ; oarpaKov, ox'trakon, a 

 sliell). A section of minute crus- 

 taceous animals. 



Entomot' omy (Gr. ^TO/JLOV, en'tomon, 

 an insect ; Tfj.vu, temno, I cut). 

 The dissection of insects. 



Entomozoa'ria (Gr. eV, en, into ; 

 refJLvu), temno, I cut ; (aov, zoon, 

 an animal). Invertebrate animals, 

 having their bodies arranged in 

 ring-like segments. 



Entozo'on (Gr. eVros, en'tos, within ; 

 faov, zoon, an animal). An animal 

 which lives on the bodies of other 

 animals : properly applied to those 

 infesting the interior. 



En'trochite (Gr. eV, en, in ; rpo%oy, 

 trochos, a wheel). A name given 

 in geology to the wheel-like joints 

 of the encrinite. 



Entro'pium (Gr. tv, en, in ; rpcTru, 

 trepo, I turn). A turning of the 

 eyelashes inwards towards the 

 eye. 



Enu'cleate (Lat. e, out of ; nu'clen,, 

 a kernel). To remove as a kernel , 

 from a nut. 



E'ocene (Gr. fas, eo.<?, the dawn ; 

 KO.IVOS, Jcainos, new). Early ; ap- 

 plied to the earliest deposits in the 

 tertiary geological strata. 



Eol'ipile (Lat. Jl'olus, the god of the 

 winds ; pila, a ball). An instru- 

 ment consisting of a hollow metal 

 ball, with a tube, used for exhibit- 

 ing the elastic power of steam by 



