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covered with long silky hairs : 

 Eriospernmm, n., r- i-o- sperm'- 

 ftm, a genus of Cape bulbs, orna- 

 mental when in flower. 



eroded, a., $r-6d'ed, also erose, 

 a., $r-6z' (L. erodo, I consume or 

 eat away ; erosus, consumed or 

 eaten away), in bot., irregularly 

 toothed as if gnawed. 



Errantia, n. plu., Zr-ran'-sM-a (L. 

 errans, wandering, -errantis, of 

 wandering), an Order of Annelida, 

 distinguished by their great loco- 

 motive powers. 



erratic, a., tr-rat'-ik (L. erraticus, 

 wandering about from erro, 1 

 wander), in med., showing or 

 having a tendency to spread. 



eructation, n., e'-ruk'ta-slmn (L. 

 eructatus, belched out ^from e, 

 out of ; ructatus, belched), the 

 act of belching wind or foul air 

 from the stomach, often a sign of 

 indigestion. 



erumpent, a., %-rump f >$nt (L. e, 

 out of; rumpens, breaking, 

 rumpentis, of breaking), in bot., 

 showing prominence, as if burst- 

 ing through the epidermis. 



Eryngium, n., fr-mf-i-urn (L. 

 eryngion, a species of thistle ; Gr. 

 erugglon, the plant eryngian 

 said to be from erengo, I belch), 

 an extensive genus of extremely 

 ornamental and beautiful plants, 

 Ord. Umbelliferse, some species 

 of which are said to be good 

 against flatulence : Eryngium 

 campestre, Mm-p^st'-r^ (L. cam- 

 pestris, belonging to a field from 

 campus, a field), and E. marit- 

 inmm, mar-it'-im-tim (L. marit- 

 imus, belonging to the sea from 

 mare, the sea), are species whose 

 roots are sweet, aromatic, tonic, 

 and diuretic : Eryngo, n., %r- 

 ing'-o, the sea holly, growing 

 abundantly on almost every sea- 

 coast ; a name for either of pre- 

 ceding, particularly the latter. 



erysipelas, n., Vi^i-sip^l'ds (Gr. 

 erusipelas, a red eruption on the 

 skin from eruthros, red ; pella, 



skin), an acute, diffuse, and 

 specific inflammation of the 

 skin, which frequently involves 

 the subcutaneous cellular tissue ; 

 the Rose ; St. Anthony's fire : 

 erysipelatous, a,.,er'.i.sip-8l'at.us, 

 eruptive ; of or resembling ery- 

 sipelas : erysipelacea, n. plu., 

 Vr'-i'Sip-Zl-a'-se-d, a class of dis- 

 eases, such as erysipelas, small- 

 pox, measles, and scarlet fever. 



erythema, n., Zr'ith-em'd (Gr. 

 eruthema, redness from eruth- 

 aino, I make red), a superficial 

 redness of the skin ; a form of 

 eczema : erythematous, a., %r'4- 

 themf'dt'us, having a superficial 

 redness of some portion of the 

 skin : erythema nodosum, ntid- 

 6z'-um (L. nodosum, full of knots 

 from nodus, a knot), a form of 

 erythema attended by an erup- 

 tion of red oval patches, chiefly 

 on the lower limbs, most 

 common in young women : e. 

 intertrigo, m'-ier-trig^o (L. inter- 

 trlgo, a chafing or galling from 

 inter, between ; tero, I rub), 

 applied to those inflammations of 

 the cutaneous surface arising from 

 the friction of one part of the skin 

 against another ; irritation of the 

 skin from discharges flowing over 

 it: e. paratrimma,^ar^a^rim'ma 

 (Gr. para, near to, side by side ; 

 trimma, what has been rubbed or 

 bruised from tribo, I rub or 

 bruise), a form of erythematous 

 inflammation due to pressure or 

 rubbing, such as arises in horses 

 from saddles or collars. 



Erytlmea, n., tr'-i-thre'-d (Gr. 

 eruthros, red from the colour of 

 the flowers), a genus of pretty 

 plants, Ord. Gentianacese : 

 Erythrsea centaurium, sent-aw 1 /- 

 i-um (Gr. Tcentaurion, L. centaur- 

 eum, the plant centaury), the 

 common centaury, whose flowering 

 cymes are used as a substitute for 

 gentian. 



Erythrina, n., ^I'thrln'd (Gr. 

 eruthros, red, from the colour of 



