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cyphellate), in hot., not having 

 minute sunken cup-like spots. 

 eczema, n., e&zem-d (Gr. ekzesis, 

 an eruption on the skin from 

 ek, out; zeo, I boil), a catarrhal 

 affection of the skin, which may be 

 an erythema, a vesicle, a pustule, 

 a fissure, etc.., and has received 

 various names accordingly, as ec- 

 zema chronicmn, krtin'ik-um (Gr. 

 chronos, time),, chronic eczema; 

 also psoriasis; a chronic inflam- 

 mation of the skin,, associated 

 with some thickening,, and the 

 formation- of cracks and fissures ; 

 popularly, the disease in horses 

 is called 'rat tails, ' from' the elev- 

 ated patches of scabs on the- 

 back part of the limbs : e. im- 

 petigjnodes^ im'-pet-idf-in-dd'-ez 

 (L. impetigo, a skin disease, im- 

 petigmes, skin diseases),, the 

 eruption in dogs suffering from, 

 red mange ;. grocer's, itch : e. 

 rubrum, roob'rum (L. rubrum, 

 red), the common red mange of 

 smooth terriers and greyhounds;, 

 the eruption of vesicles occurring 

 on an inflamed skin : e. simplex, 

 sim'pleks (L. simplex, simple, un- 

 mixed), one of the mangy affec- 

 tions of dogs ; 'humid tetter v 

 in man: e. solare, solace (L. 

 Solaris, belonging to- the sun 

 from sol, the sun), an eruption 

 on the skin from the effects of 

 the sun or heated air in summer ;, 

 heat spots: eczematous, a., ek- 

 zem'at'US, of or belonging to the 

 disease eczema. 



Edentata* n, pirn, e^nt-af-d (L. 

 e, without ; dens, a tooth* dentes, 

 teeth),, an Order of Mammalia,, so 

 called because destitute of front 

 or incisive teeth: edentate, a., 

 e-dent'-at, without front teeth;, 

 deprived of teeth: edentulous, 

 a., e-den^ul'^s, toothless; ap- 

 plied to the mouth of an animal 

 without dental apparatus; ap- 

 plied to the hinge of the bivalve 

 molluscs. 



Edriophthalmata, n. plu., ed'-ri* 



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(Gr. hedraios, 

 sitting, sedentary from hedzo, I 

 sit; ophthalmos, an eye), the 

 division of the Crustacea in 

 which the eyes are not supported 

 upon stalks : edriophthalmous, 

 a., -thal'mtis, having immovable 

 sessile eyes. 



efferent, a. ,. ef'fer-Znt (L. ef for ex, 

 out \.ferO) 1 bear or carry), con- 

 veying from or outwards ; carry- 

 ing from the centre to. the periph- 

 ery: n., a vessel which carries 

 outwards, distinguished from 

 afferent,, which means- ' conveying 

 into or towards* ' 



effervescence, n. , ef'fer-ves'sZns 

 (L, efferrvesco, I boil up or over)> 

 the frothing or bubbling up of 

 liquids from the generation and 

 escape of gas. 



effloresco, 1 blow or bloom as^ a 

 flower), a mealy-like substance 

 which covers certain minerals 

 when exposed to the influence of 

 the atmosphere; the conversion 

 of a solid substance into a powdbr. 



effluvium, m, ef-fl6v't-um (L. 

 effluvium, a. flowing out from ex, 

 out; fluo, I flow),, the invisible 

 vapour arising from putrefying 

 matter or from diseased bodies. 



effusion, n., ef-fuzh'-un (L. effusus, 

 poured out or forth from ex^ out; 



fmus, poured),, the act of pouring 

 a liquid into, or over;, what is 

 poured out.. 



egranulose, a., &gran'ul>oz (L. e, 

 without; Eng. granulose} r inbot., 

 without granules. 



EhretiacesB, m plu., e'r'esh'<i'd's$'e 

 (after Ehret,, a German botanical 

 draughtsman),, a Sub-order of 

 plants, Ord. Boraginaceae : 

 Ehretia, n.., er*esTi'i'a,. a genus of 

 plants of much beauty. 



ejaculator, n.,. e-jak'-ul'dt'-tir (L. 

 ejaculdtus, cast or thrown out), 

 name of one or two muscles : 

 ejaculatores, n>. plu., e-jak'-ul-at- 

 6r'-ez, the two muscles which sur- 

 round the bulb of the urethra. 



