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buds, nodules in the bark of the 

 beech and other trees : embry- 

 ogeny, n., &n'.brt-8dj'-&n-t (Gr. 

 gennao, I produce), in bot., the 

 development of the embryo in 

 the ovule : embryogenic, a., 

 -jen'ik, of or belonging to : 

 embryo-sac, same as embry- 

 onary sac, which see. 



embryology, n., &m'<brt-$K8>ji 

 (Gr. embruon, an infant in the 

 womb ; logos, discourse), the 

 study of th formation of the 

 embryo; the anatomy whieh traces 

 the development of the creature 

 from the impregnated ovum. 



embryonary, a.,. Zm-bri'-on-er-i 

 (Gr. embruon^ an infant in the 

 womb), rekting to the embryo ;. 

 rudimentary : embryonal, a.,. 

 em-bri'dn-al, same sense : em- 

 bryonary sac, in bot., the cell- 

 ular bag; in which the- embryo is 

 formed. 



embryotega, n., Zm'-bri-otty-a 

 (Gr. embruon, an infant in the 

 womb ; tegos, a covering), in bot., 

 a process or callosity raised from 

 the spermoderm by the embryo 

 of some seeds during germina- 

 tion, as in the bean. 



emergent, a.,e-raer/'e?i (L.emergo., 

 I rise up, I come forth from e, 

 out of ; mergo,. I plunge or dip) y 

 rising out of ; in bot., protruding 

 through the cortical layer. 



emersed, a., e-merst f (L. e, out of; 

 mersus, plunged or dipped), in 

 bot. , protruded upwards. 



emesia, n., em-es'-i-a,. also emesis,. 

 n., em'es-is(GY. emesia, an inclin- 

 ation to vomit ; emesis, the act 

 of vomiting), the act of vomiting.. 



emetic, n., e-met'-ik (Gr. emetiJcos, 

 that causes vomiting from emeo, 

 I vomit ; L. emetica, an emetic),, 

 a medicine or other agent which 

 produces vomiting : adj., that 

 causes vomiting : emetin, n., 

 emf-et-in, the active principle of 

 ipecacuanha. 



emiction, n., V-mlUshtifr (L. e, out 

 of; mictus, made water), the 



discharging of urine ; what is 

 voided by the urinary passages. 



eminentia collateralis, 8m'm-en'> 

 sM-d kol- lat'-Zr-dl'-is (L. eminentia, 

 a prominence ; collateralis, col- 

 lateral from con, together ; 

 Idtus, a side), a smooth eminence 

 between the middle and posterior 

 horns of the cerebrum. 



emmenagogue, n., Zm-mm'-a-gog 

 (Gr. emmena, the menses from 

 en, in ; men, a month ; ago, I 

 lead, I bring), a remedy supposed 

 to promote the menstrual dis- 

 charges. 



emollient, n., e-mffili-ent (L. 

 emolliens, making soft from e, 

 out of; mollis, soft), a liquid 

 remedy meant to soothe a part 

 and diminish irritation, when 

 applied externally. 



Empetraceae, n. plu., Zm'-pe't-rd'-sZ-e 

 (Gr. 8mpetros, growing among 

 rocks from en, in, among; petra, 

 a rock), the Crowberry family, an 

 Order of heath-like shrubs, bearing 

 small sub-acid berries : Empet- 

 rum,. n.,. ^m-pet^rum, a genus of 

 heath-like shrubs, so called from 

 the character of their place of 

 growth : Empetrum nigrum, nig- 

 rum (L. nigrum, black), the 

 black crowberry, common in the 

 mountainous parts of Northern 

 Europe. 



emphysema, n., %m'fis-em'a (Gr. 

 emphusema y a puffing up, in- 

 flation from en, in ; pliusao, I 

 blow), the distension of a tissue 

 with air ;. a disease of the lungs 

 in which the air cells become un- 

 duly distended, and ultimately 

 ruptured : emphysematous, a., 

 em'-fis-em'-at-us, characterised by 

 an abnormal distension of the air 

 in the lungs, or by the presence 

 of air as the result of injury or 

 decomposition in a tissue. 



empiricism, n., %m-pir'is-izm (L. 

 empirici, Gr. empeirikoi, ancient 

 physicians who followed a system 

 based on practical experience 

 alone), practice in a profession 



