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EPI 



genus of herbaceous parasitical 

 plants, Ord. Orobanchacese, which 

 are, in general, astringent and 

 bitter : Epiphegus Virginiana, 

 ver-jin'-i-an'-d (after Virginia, an 

 American State from virgo, a 

 virgin), a species called beech- 

 drops, has been used in powder 

 in cancerous sores. 



epiphloeum, n., Zp'.i-fle'-um (Gr. 

 epi, upon, on the outside ; phloios, 

 bark), an external layer of bark : 

 epiphlceodal, a., fytf-fle-dcKdl, 

 existing superficially in, the epi- 

 dermis of bark. 



epiphorai n., ep-if-or-a (Gr. epi- 

 phora, a bringing to or upon 

 from epi, upon ; phero, I bring), 

 watery eye, a derangement of the 

 tear duct which allows the tears 

 to flow down the cheeks. 



epiphragm, n., ep'-i-fram (Gr. epi, 

 upon ; phragma, a division), in 

 hot., the membrane closing the 

 orifice of the thecse in the Urn 

 mosses. 



epiphyllous, a., Zp'-i-fiV-lus (Gr, 

 epi, upon ; pliullon, a leaf), in- 

 serted or growing upon a leaf. 



epiphysis, n., Zp-if-is-is, epiph- 

 yses, n. plu., -is-ez (Gr. epiph- 

 usis, a growing upon, an addi- 

 tional growth from epi, upon ; 

 phuo> I grow), part of a bone 

 separated from the shaft in early 

 life by gristle, which finally 

 becomes ossified to the main 

 bone. 



epiphyta, n. plu., ^p'-i-fit'-a, also 

 epiphyte, n., 8p'i'fU, epiphytes, 

 n. plu., -fltz (Gr. epi, upon ; 

 phuton, a plant), vegetable par- 

 asites found on the skin of the 

 humanbody, forming very trouble- 

 some skin affections ; plants 

 attached to other plants, and 

 growing suspended in the air ; 

 a plant which grows on another 

 plant, but not nourished by it : 

 epiphytal, a., Zp'i-fU'al, growing 

 upon another plant. 



epiploon, n., t-ptp'-lti-fa (Gr. 

 epiploos, the caul from epi, 



upon ; pled, I swim), the omen- 

 turn or caul ; a portion of the 

 peritoneum or lining membrane 

 of the abdomen, which covers 

 in front, and as it were floats or 

 sails on the intestines : epiploic, 

 a., Zp'-ip-l&ilc, also epiploical, 

 a., -lo'-fk-al, of or pert, to the 

 epiploon or caul. 



epipodia, n. plu., Vptipdd'-l*d (Gr. 

 epi, upon ; pous, the foot, fjodos, 

 of the foot), the muscular lobes 

 developed from the lateral and 

 upper surfaces of the ' foot ' of 

 some Molluscs : epipodite, n., 

 Z-pip^od^lt, a process developed 

 upon the basal joint of some of 

 the limbs of certain Crustacea : 

 epipodium, n., ep'-.i-pod^i-um, a 

 disc formed of several knobs or 



epirreology, n., Vp-ir'-re-oV-o-ji 

 (Gr. epirrhed, I flow upon or 

 over from epi, upon ; rheo, I 

 flow ; and logos, speech), that 

 branch of natural history which 

 treats of the influence of external 

 agents on living plants. 



episepalous, a., ep'i-sep'dl-us (Gr. 

 epi, upon ; Eng. sepal), in hot., 

 growing upon the sepals. 



epispadias, n., ty'-i-spad'-i-as (Gr. 

 epi, upon ; spao, I draw), a term 

 applied to a malformation of the 

 wall of the bladder and adjacent 

 parts ; one whose urethral orifice 

 is on the upper part of the penis. 



epispastic, a., ep'-i*spast f -ik (Gr. 

 epi, upon ; spao, I draw), applied 

 to substances, ' epispastics, ' 

 which excite the skin and cause 

 blisters, such as Spanish flies. 



episperm, n., %p'4-sperm (Gr. epi, 

 upon; sperma, seed), the external 

 covering of the seed. 



episporangium, n., Zp'-i-spor-anf. 

 1-um (Gr. epi, upon ; spora, a 

 seed ; anggos, a vessel), an in- 

 dusium overlying the spore cases 

 of certain ferns, as Aspidmm. 



epispore, n., %p''i>sp6r (Gr. epi, 

 upon ; spora, a seed), the outer 

 covering of some spores. 



