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in masses of a yellowish colour, 

 from species of Canarium com- 

 mune and balsamiferum, Ord. 

 Burseracese. 



elephantiasis, n., tl'Z-f&n'ttffe-te 

 (Gr. elephas, an elephant, ele- 

 phantis, of an elephant), a disease 

 of the skin, in whicli it becomes 

 thick and rugose ; the disease 

 chiefly affects the lower limbs, 

 and depends on different causes. 



Elettaria, n., &&&**& (elettdri, 

 a Malabar word for the lesser 

 cardamom), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Zingiberacese : Elettaria 

 cardamomum, kdrd'am'dm'um 

 (Gr. karddmdn, a kind of cress), 

 the species which yields the 

 Malabar cardamoms, the fruit 

 being ovoid and three - sided : 

 E. major, mddf-dr (L. major, 

 greater), a variety, formerly so 

 called, growing in Ceylon. 



eleutheropetalous, a.,, $l-doth'-$r-d' 

 pU'-al-tis (Gr. eleutheros, free ; 

 petalon, an unfolded leaf), in bot., 

 polypetalous : eleutherosepalous, 

 a., -s$p'dl'U8 (a simple arbitrary 

 conversion of petalon into sepalon), 

 polysepalous. 



elixir, n., %-liks'ir (Ar. el iksir, 

 the philosopher's stone), a refined 

 spirit ; a medicine supposed to be 

 particularly efficacious. 



ellipsoidal, a., WKp-dfdM (I* 

 ellipsis, Gr. elleipsis, an ellipsis, 

 an omission ; Gr. eidos, resem- 

 blance), nearly oval in shape. 



Elodea, n., Zl-od'e-d (Gr. elodes, 

 marshy, boggy), a ^genus of 

 aquatic plants, Ord. Hypericacese. 



elutriation, n., e'ldt'ri-d'sh'tin (L. 

 elutridtus, washed out from e, out 

 of; lutus, washed), a process of 

 washing for separating the finer 

 particles of a powder from the 

 coarser; also for separating the 

 lighter earthy parts of metallic 

 ores. 



Elymus, n., Wfm-fa (Gr. eluo, I 

 cover or wrap up), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Graminese : Elymus 

 condensatus, Itfn'-d&ns-df-fta (L. 



condensdtus, made very dense- 

 from con, together ; densus, dense, 

 close), the bunch-grass of Cali- 

 fornia, an early fodder-grass in 

 Britain : E. arenarius, ar'Zn-dr- 

 I'tis (L. drendrm, a sand-pit), 

 this species, and Ammophila 

 arenaria, form the 'bent* and 

 * marram ' of our own shores. 



elytrum, n., &l'U-rum, elytra, n. 

 plu., WU.r& (Gr. elutron, a 

 covering or sheath), the hard 

 wing-sheaths of beetles ; scales 

 or plates on the back of the sea- 

 mouse, Aphrodite : elytriform, 

 SL.^l'^ri-fdrm (L. forma, shape), 

 in the form of a wing-sheath : 

 elytrine, n., W-U-rtn, the sub- 

 stance of the coriaceous wing- 

 sheaths of such insects as 

 beetles. 



emarginate, a., %-mdrj'm-dt (L. 

 emargindtus, deprived of its edge 

 from e, out of ; margo, the 

 extremity or margin), in bot., 

 having a notch at the end or 

 summit, as if a piece had been 

 cut out. 



embolism, n., %m'b$l-fam (Gr. 

 embollsma, a patch ; embdlos, 

 what is thrust or put in from 

 en, in ; ballo, I throw or cast), 

 the plugging or blocking of an 

 artery by any migratory foreign 

 body, as an air bubble, an oil 

 globule, a blood clot, or a granule 

 of fibrin e ; also called embole, 

 %m'-bol-e: embolon, n., Vrn'-btil'tin, 

 the clot or other matter which, 

 carried into the circulation of 

 the blood, produces an embolism. 



embrocation, n., em'brok-d'shun 

 (Gr. embroche, a steeping, an 

 embrocation), the act of bathing 

 and rubbing a diseased part with 

 a liquid medicine ; the mixture 

 so employed. 



embryo, n., Zm'-brt-d' (Gr. embruon, 

 an infant in the womb from en, 

 in ; bruo, I shoot or bud), the 

 first rudiments of an animal or 

 plant ; in bot., the young plant 

 contained in the seed : embryo- 



