ecstatic 
In pensive trance, and anguish, and ecutatick fit. 
JHJton, The Passion, i. 42. 
One g Kr^?fce n cr U uDs'in TS !&T' ' 
Po^To Addison tum - 
The Sonnets [Mrs. Browning's] reveal to us that Love ecthorZBa. 
whi 
all 
1838 
ecto-entad 
The Sonnets [Mrs. Browning's] reveal to us that Love ecorZBa. . ura o ecomum. 
hich is the most ecstatic of human emotions and worth ecthorseal, CCthoreal (ek-tho-re'al), a. [< 
l other gifts in life. Stedman. Viet. Poets, p. 138. /;,/./// A- /// T P*>f<n'nin Vn o*i' a/itlin-*m 
-Ul. J J naming to an ectnorffi 
final vowel and consonant in a syllable ending ectochona (ek-to-ko'na), n. ; pi. ectoction(e (-ne). 
in m &s in the Une N L < Gr. wrof, outside, + x^, a funnel: see 
Monrtrum horrcndm, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademp- chone.] An ectochone. 
. nl - *& ectochone (ek'to-kon), n. [< NL. ectochona, 
<! V The outer division of a chone. 
I' 1 many sponges (Geodia, Stelletta) the cortical domes 
are constricted near their communication with the suh- 
dermal cavity (8ubt . rtical crypt) by a transverse muscu- 
subject shows that he is "not himself." 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., | 77. 
II. . 1. One subject to ecstasies or raptures; 
an extravagant enthusiast. [Rare.] 
Old Hereticks and idle Eastaticks, such as the very primi- 
tive times were infinitely pestred withal. 
Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 201. 
lar sphincter; which defines an outer division or ectochone 
from an inner or endochone. Encyc. Bril., XXII. 415. 
Plural of ecthomum. 
ec- 
Vn o*i' a/itlin-*m * 
to an ectnorffium . 
2. Affected by ecstasy ; enraptured ; entranced, as, an ecthorwal protrusion. 
By making no responses to ordinary stimuli, the ecstatic ecthoraeum (ek-tho-re 'urn), .; pi. ecthora>a 
" (-a). [NL., < Gr. Ik, out, out of, + Bopalof, con- ectoclinal (ek-to-kll'nal), a. [< Gr. t/crff, out- 
taming the seed, < Ooptf, seed, semen.] Inzool., s jd e , + Mveiv, 'lean: "see clinic, clinode.] In 
the thread of a thread-cell; the stinging-hair 6oi., having the clinode (hymenium) and spores 
of a cnida ; a cnidocil. Also ectkoreum. See exposed upon the surface of the receptacle. Le 
cut under cmda. Maout and Decaisne, Botany (trans. ), p. 958. 
ctoCffilian (ek-to-se'li-an), a. [< Gr. CT<if, out- 
sheath terminating in a long thread (ecthoreum); this is side -f- KOI'/IOV a* hollow 1 In fluff ! extra ven 
upTheVp^tnYo" tto2 oUs j^'aSTo^ ? 
2. pi. Ecstasy; rapturous emotion. 
ecstatical (ek-stat'i-kal), . [Formerly 
cal; < ecstatic + -al.] " Same as ecstatic. 
with other *<* furies, and religious frencies, with 
ornaments of gold and iewels.PrcAaJ, Pilgrimage, p. 66. 
The inner wall of the sac [cnida] is produced into a ectoCffilian (ek-to-se'li-an), a. 
eath terminating in a long thread (ecthoreum); this is side -f- KOI'/IOV a* hollow 1 In f 
" oUs ' tricular; situated outside of the cavities of the 
brain : applied to that part of the corpus stri- 
atum (the nucleus lenticularis) which appears 
as it ohumors < embeddedinthe wall of the hemisphere. Wilder 
! &S "t, T i 1 *l' I ' 6CtOCOellC (ek-to-se'llk), a. [As ectOCttl-ian + 
boil, rush.] In pathol., a ; r -] HitimtBd mi flip nutsirlA nf flip nnmrnnn 
-i i tt.J OlllimCu Oil Lllo OUlolUy Ol Llllr COIIllllOIl 
Pflv i rv n f 
., ,, ., -, .., 
e , t ? lyn *J ek ;H 11 /' 'V 'fl. P eci ' H J^ a ( ek ' 
^ ' 
very short course. 
& 
Fowler, Micros. Science, XX VIII. 5. 
ectocondyle (ek-to-kon'dil), n. [< Gr. fA~nif , out- 
side, + E. condyle.] The outer or external con- 
dyle of a bone, on the side away from the body : 
said especially of the condyles at the lower 
out, + Ovsiv, rage. 
ecstatically (ek-stat 'i-kal-i), adv. In an ec- large pustule intermediate in character between 
static manner ; rapturously ; ravishingly. a furuncle or boil and an ordinary pustule, 
ectad (ek'tad), ado. [< Gr. f/crdf, without, out- ecthymiform (ek-thi'mi-form), a. [< Gr. In0v/ja 
side, + -ad3, < L. ad, to.] In anat., to or to- (eKBvfiar-), a pustule, papula (see ectltyma), + 
ward the outside or exterior; outward; out- L. forma, form.] Having the form of or re- 
wardly. sembling an ecthyma. 
The dura mater may be described as ectad of the brain, 6Cto-. [NL. ecto-, < Gr. tfcrof, adv. and prep., 
but entad of the cranium. without, outside (opposed to ivrof, within: see 
Wilder and Gage, Anat. Tech., p. 27. ento-), < CK, out, + quasi-superl. suffix -TO-C.] 
ectal (ek'tal), a. [< Gr. f/trdf, without, + -al.] A prefix in words (chiefly biological) of Greek end of the humerus and of the femur respec- 
In anat., outer; external; superficial; periph- origin, signifying ' outside, without, outer, ex- tively: opposed to entocondyle. Seeepicondyle. 
eral: opposed to ental. ternal, lying upon': as, ectoderm, the outer skin; ectocoracoid (ek-to-kor'a-koid), a. [<Gr. r6f, 
The suggestion to employ ental and ectal was welcomed, Ectozoa, external parasites: opposed to endo-, outside, + NL. co'racoideus, the coracoid.] In 
and they were published |by Wilder in 1881]. ento-. the dipnoan fishes, the element of the shoulder- 
WUder and Gaye, Anat. Tech., p. 27. ectobasidium (ek"to-ba-sid'i-um), n. ; pi. ecto- girdle outside of that with which the pectoral 
ectasia (ek-ta'si-a), . [NL. : see ectasis.] 1. oasidia (-a). [NL., < dr. t/crdc, outside, + NL. limb articulates. Also called clavicle. 
Ectasis. 2. Aneurism.- Alveolar ectasia. Same basidimn, q. v.] In mycol., a basidium that is ectocranial (ek-to-kra'ni-al), a. [< Gr. cKr6(, 
as vesicular emphysema (which see, under emphysema). externally placed, as in Hymenomycetes. Le outside, + Kpaviov, skull : see cranium.] Of or 
ectasis (ek'ta-sis), n. [LL., < Gr. eKraaif, ex- Maout and Decaisne, Botany (trans.), p. 954. 
tension, < inrdvuv (= L. exten-d-ere), extend, < Ectobia (ek-to'bi-ii), . [NL., < Gr. r<5f, out- 
EK, out, + Tfivnv, stretch: see extend, tend 1 .] 1. side, + /3/of, life.] A genus of cursorial orthop- 
In anc. orthoepy and pros. : (a) The pronuncia- terous insects, of the family Blattid<e, or cock- 
tion of a vowel as long, (b) The lengthening roaches, containing a number of small species, 
as E. germanica, the croton-bug (which see) : 
sometimes synonymous with Blatta in a re- 
stricted sense. Westwood, 1839. 
or protraction of a vowel usually short. See 
diastole. 2. In anc. rhet. : (a) The use of along 
vowel or syllable in a part of a clause or sen- 
tence where it will produce a special rhythmical ectoblast (ek'to-blast), n. [< Gr. ewoV, outside, 
effect. (6) The use of a form of a word longer 
than that commonly employed. Thisisgeuer- 
ally called paragoge. 
ectaster (ek-tas'ter), . [NL.,<Gr. eienif, with- 
out, + aari/p, star.] A kind of sponge-spicule. 
Sollas. 
ectatic (ek-tat'ik), a. [< Gr. EKrardf, capable 
of extension, < enTeivuv, extend: see ectasis.'] 
Exhibiting or pertaining to ectasis. 
+ /3a<zorof, a bud, germ.] 1. In biol., the outer- 
most recognizable structure of a cell; a cell- 
wall, in any way distinguished from mesoblast 
or other more interior structures. The ecto- 
blast is to a cell what the epiblast is to a more 
complex organism. 2. In embryol., the outer 
primary layer in the embryo of any metazoan 
animal; the epiblast; the ectoderm. See cut 
under blastocesle. 
ectene, ectenes (ek'te-ne, -nez), . [< Gr. ficre- ectoblastic (ek-to-blas'tik), a. [< ectoblast + 
VT?K (LGr. also CKTCW/, n.), prop, adj., extended, -ic.] Pertaining to the ectoblast; consisting of 
continued (sc. lueaia, curt/aii;, evx>/, or Trpoaevxq, ectoblast; ectodermal. 
pertaining to the outer walls or surface of the 
skull ; forming a part of the cranial parietes, as 
a bone. 
There is a large bony tract : . . between the squamosal 
and the large interparietal, which is not one of the ordi- 
Ilar 5' ectocranial bones. 
r. A r . barter, Proc. Roy. Soc., XXXVIH. 135. 
ectocuneiform (ek-to-ku'ne-i-form), a. and n. 
[< NL - ectocuneiforme, q. v.] I. a. In anat., 
pertaining to the outermost cuneiform bone ; 
ectosphenoid. 
Union of the navicular and cuboid, and sometimes the 
wiform bone, of the tarsus. 
W ' "' Flomr> Encyc ' Brlt '' XV ' 430 ' 
H- n - The outermost one of the three cunei- 
f rm or wedge-shaped bones of the distal row 
f tarsal bones ; the ectocuneiform or ectosphe- 
n id bone of the foot. See cut under foot. 
ectocuneiforme (ek-to-ku"ne-i-f6r'me), n. ; pi. 
ectocuneiformia (-mi-a). [NL., < Gr. CKr6(, with- 
ou t, + NL. cuneiforme, the cuneiform bone.] 
and choir, it follows the gospel, and is introduced by 
the words "Let us all say with onr whole soul, and with 
> T . he . choir . r Ponds with 
[< Gr. eitrdf, outside, 
., see cyst.] In Polyzoa, the 
muscle of the abdomen, the obliquus abdomi- external tegumentary layer of the coenoscium, 
nis externus. Also called extrobliquns See cut forming the common cell or cyst in which each 
ectental (ek-ten'tal), a. [< Gr. E/crdf, 
+ h r<if, within. +"-al.~\ In embryol , 
d muscle. 
ectocardia (ek-to-kar'di-a), n. 
[NL., < Gr. - 
> outside, + KapSia, heart.] In teratol., a mal- 
formation in which the heart is out of its nor- 
without, 
, of or per- 
taimngtotheouterandtheinnerayerof alas- 
trula: specifically said of the line of primitive 
juncture of the ectoderm and endoderm cir- 
cumscribing the mouth of a gastrula Also 
ecto-ental. 
ecteron (ek'te-ron), n. An erroneous form of Ectocarpacea (ek'to-kar-pa'se-e), n. pi. [NL., 
ecderon. Mivart. < Ectocarpus + -acea;.] A family of phteo- 
ecteronic (ek-te-ron'ik), a. An erroneous form fporic marine algaa having filamentous branch- 
of ecderonic. Mirart. ing fronds, chiefly monosiphonous, with little 
ecthesis (ek'the-sis), n. [< Gr. iKffeatf, a setting or no cortex. 
individual zooid is contained. See the extract, 
and cuts under Polyzoa and Plumatella, 
As a rule the colonies [of polyzoans] possess a homy or 
parchment-like, frequently also calcareous, exoskeleton, 
, ... , m 
(ek"t9-ka-rot'id), . [< Gr. E/crdf, 
outside, + E. carotid.] In anat., the external 
carotid artery; the outer branch of the com- 
mon carotid. 
by a very regular and symmetrical case- the eetocyit or 
cel1 ; through the opening of which the anterior part of 
the soft body of the contained zooid with its tentacular 
crown can be protruded. Claw, Zoology (trans.), II. 71. 
. , 
forth, an exposition, < fxferof, verbal adj. of Ectocarpeae (ek-to-kar'pe-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
eKTiBevai, put out, set forth, < in, out, + TiOcvat, Ectocarpus -f -ece.] 1. In bot., same as Ec- 
put^set.] An exposition, especially of faith, 
ectoderm (ek'to-derm), . [< Gr. f/trdf, outside, 
~*~ &/>/ia, skin: see derm.] The completed outer 
layerof cells, or outer blastodermic membrane, 
^ n a 'l rae tazoan animals, formed by the cells of 
the epiblast, and primitively constituting the 
outer wall of the whole body, as the endoderm 
. . ., - does tnat of the body-cavity; an epiblast, ecto- 
toctirpacea. 2. In zool., a division of nema- blast, or external blastoderm. The term is chiefly 
.. t . - ----- ".. \ >~ " Ul^^b|^bu^lc WJ tllC H11MIO- * .1 ,1 rf . ---- V ---- .~. ff ~~: 
elites) was to be left an open question. is equivalent to the Hydromedusce. ectodermal (ek-to-der'mal), a. [< ectoderm + 
T1e [first] Lateran synod, by which not only the Mono- CCtOCarpOUS (ek-to-kar'pus), a. [< NL. ecto- -'] Pertaining' to the "ectoderm ; consisting 
carpus, < Gr. Iicr6f, outside, + K ap7r6f, fruit.1 
Having external genitals, or developing sexual 
P roducts from the ectoderm, as a hydromedu- 
san ; of or pertaining to the Ectocarpcce. 
Ectocarpus (ek-to-ka'r'pus), . [NI/: see ecto- ectodermic (ek-to-der'mik), . 
ear PO^.] .In hot., the principal genus of Ecto- -i,:] Same as ectodcrma!. 
including a large number of olive- ecto-entad ck'to-t-n'tad), orfr. [< Gr. 
a^ 68 ' *"****<> 
o, y wc no ony te Mono- 
,e doctrine but also the moderating ecthexis of Hera- 
d typus of Constans II. were anathematized. 
ecthlinaiti Ck thlin'ai^ * '' /"r- I'af' 
k-thhp dg) . [LL < Gr . Irflt. 
squeeze out < ^ 
So!l In ffr and .Int 
I ppreLon of a "etter 
elision itSS o a 
of ectoderm : as, the ectodermal layer of a 003- 
lenterate. 
The ovary bursts its ectodermal covering. 
'. a Carpenter, Micros., 515. 
[< ectoderm + 
