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Esopian
() Of or pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner.
Esopic
() Same as Aesopian.
Esthesiometer
() An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.
Esthetics
() The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
Embassade
() The mission of an ambassador.
Embassade
() An embassy.
Embassador
() A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
Embassador
() An official messenger and representative.
Endogeny
() Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
Endognath
() The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.
Endognathal
() Pertaining to the endognath.
Endolymph
() The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Endolymphangial
() Within a lymphatic vessel.
Endolymphatic
() Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct.
Endolymphatic
() Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.
Endome
() To cover as with a dome.
Endometritis
() Inflammation of the endometrium.
Endometrium
() The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
Endomorph
() A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.
Endomysium
() The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.
Endoneurium
() The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
Endoparasite
() Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon.
Endophloeum
() The inner layer of the bark of trees.
Endophragma
() A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.
Endophragmal
() Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
Endophyllous
() Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
Endoplasm
() The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
Endoplasma
() Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.
Endoplast
() See Nucleus.
Endoplastica
() A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.
Endoplastule
() See Nucleolus.
Endopleura
() The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.
Endopleurite
() The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
Endopodite
() The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
Endorhizae
() of Endorhiza
Endorhiza
() Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
Endorhizal
() Alt. of Endorhizous
Endorhizous
() Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
Endorsed
() of Endorse
Endorsing
() of Endorse
Endorse
() Same as Indorse.
Endorse
() A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
Endorsee
() Same as Indorsee.
Endorsement
() Same as Indorsement.
Endorser
() Same as Indorser.
Endosarc
() The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
Endoscope
() An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
Endoscopy
() The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
Endoskeletal
() Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.
Endoskeleton
() The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.