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Ep`i*graph"ics (?), n. The science or study of epigraphs.

E*pig"ra*phist (?), n. A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.

E*pig"ra*phy (?), n. The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

E*pig"y*nous (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. &?; woman, female: cf. F. épigyne.] (Bot.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

Ep`i*hy"al (?), n. [Pref. epi- + the Greek letter &?;.] (Anat.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

Ep"i*lep`sy (?), n. [L. epilepsia, Gr. &?; a seizure, the "falling sickness," fr. &?; to take besides, seize, attack; 'epi` upon, besides + &?; to take: cf. F. épilepsie. Cf. Catalepsy.] (Med.) The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison.

Ep`i*lep"tic (?), a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. &?; : cf. F. épileptique.] Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.

Ep`i*lep"tic, n. 1. One affected with epilepsy.

2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

Ep`i*lep"tic*al (?), a. Epileptic.

Ep`i*lep"ti*form (?), a. Resembling epilepsy.

Ep`i*lep*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. 'epi`lhptos epileptic + -genous.] (Med.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.

Ep`i*lep"toid (?), a. [Gr. 'epi`lhptos + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.

Ep`i*lo*ga"tion (?), n. [LL. epilogatio.] A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.

{ Ep`i*log"ic (?), Ep`i*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. 'epilogiko`s.] Of or pertaining to an epilogue.

E*pil"o*gism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; 'epi` upon + &?; to count, reckon. See Epilogue.] Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory.

Ep`i*lo*gis"tic (?), a. [Cf. Gr. &?; calculating. See Epilogism.] Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T. Warton.

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E*pil"o*gize (?), v. i. & t. [See Epilogism.] To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.

Ep"i*logue (?; 115), n. [F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. &?; conclusion, fr. &?; to say in addition; 'epi` upon, besides + &?; to say. See Legend.] 1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.

Shak.

2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Ep"i*lo*guize (?), v. i. & t. Same as Epilogize.

||E*pim"a*chus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; equipped for battle; &?; for + &?; battle.] (Zoöl.) A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.

||E*pim"e*ra (?), n. pl. See Epimeron.

E*pim"er*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the epimera.

Ep"i*mere (?), n. [Epi- + - mere.] (Biol.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex.