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the intestinal parasites which 

 infest the bodies of animals. 



enthelmins, n., e'n-the'l'mins (Gr. 

 entos, within ; helmins, a worm), 

 an intestinal worm. 



entire, a., Zn-tir' (F. entier, 

 whole, complete ; L. integer, 

 whole), in bot., having no lobes 

 or marginal divisions. 



entomic, a., en-tomf-ik (Gr. en- 

 toma, insects), pert, to insects : 

 entomoid, a., en'-tom-oyd (Gr. 

 eidos, resemblance), resembling 

 an insect : entomology, n., $n- 

 tom-ol'-o-ji (Gr. logos, discourse), 

 the history and habits of insects : 

 entomophaga, n. plu., en'-tom- 

 of-ag'O, (Gr. phago, I eat), the 

 section of the Marsupials which 

 live chiefly on insects : entom- 

 ophagous, a., Zn'tdm'fif'dg'US, 

 chiefly subsisting on insects. 



entomophilous, a., en'-tdm-of'-il'iis 

 (Gr. entoma, insects ; philo, I 

 love), in bot., applied to flowers 

 in which pollination is effected by 

 insects. 



entomostraca, n. plu., &i-0W'#s' 

 trdk-d (Gr. entoma, insects ; os- 

 trakon, a shell), in zool., a 

 division of the Crustacea covered 

 with a delicate membranaceous 

 shell, of which the water-flea 

 may be looked on as the type 

 they are chiefly fresh- water, and 

 usually microscopic : entomos- 

 tracous, a., en'tom'os'trdk'us, 

 enclosed in an integument, as 

 an insect. 



entophyte, n. , Vn'-to-fit, entophyta, 

 n. plu., en-tof'it'd (Gr. entos, 

 within ; phuton, a plant), veget- 

 able parasites which exist within 

 the body, found in some diseases 

 of the mucous membranes of the 

 mouth and alimentary canal ; 

 plants growing within others : 

 entophytic, a. , Zn'to-fit'-ik, 

 developing in the interior of 

 plants and afterwards appearing 

 on the surface, as fungi. 



entozoon, n., en'-to-zo'-Sn, entozoa, 

 a. plu., Zn'-to-zo'd (Gr. entos, 



within ; zob'n, an animal), animal 

 parasites which infest the interior 

 of the bodies of other animals : 

 entozoology, n., Zn'-to-zd-ol'-d-ji 

 (Gr. logos, discourse), a discourse 

 or treatise on internal parasites. 



entropion, n., en-trop-i-dn (Gr. 

 en, in ; trope, a turning), the 

 inversion or turning in of the 

 eyelashes; entropy, n., Zn'-trop-i, 

 dissipation of energy. 



enuresis, n., Vn'-ur-fyf-te (Gr. en- 

 oureo, I make water from en, 

 in ; ouron, urine), incontinence or 

 involuntary escape of the urine. 



envelope, n., Zn'-vel-op (F. envel- 

 opper, to fold up), a wrapper; 

 an investing integument : floral 

 envelopes, in bot. y the calyx and 

 corolla. 



enzootic, a., &&#{ (Gr. en, 

 in ; zodtdkos, bringing forth 

 living animals from zoo'n, an 

 animal ; tikto, I bring forth), 

 applied to diseases peculiar to a 

 district among the lower animals: 

 enzootic haematuria, an endemic 

 disease causing bloody urine 

 among animals. 



Epacridacese, n. plu., %p'dk'-rid> 

 ds'-e'-e (Gr. epi, upon; akros, the 

 top, from the species found on 

 hill-tops), the Epacris family, an 

 Order of small shrubs and trees, 

 allied to Ericaceae, which represent 

 the heaths in Australia : Epacrese, 

 n. plu., %p'dk'-re*e, a tribe or Sub- 

 order: Epacris, n., ep'*dk-ris, a 

 genus of very elegant greenhouse 

 plants. 



epanody, n., /?-cm'#c?-(Gr. epan- 

 odos, a return from epi, upon ; 

 ana, up; hodos, a way), in bot., 

 the return of an irregular flower 

 to a regular form. 



epencephalon, n., Zp'-Zn-sef'dl'&n 

 (Gr. epi, upon ; engkephalos, 

 what is in the head, the brain), 

 one of the five primary divisions 

 of the brain, including the cere- 

 bellum, pons varolii, and the an- 

 terior part of the fourth ventricle : 

 epencephalic, a., 



