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||Ep`i*phyl"lum (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.

{ Ep`i*phys"e*al (?), Ep`i*phys"i*al (?), } (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.

||E*piph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Epiphyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`fysis, fr. 'epify`ein to grow upon; 'epi` upon + fy`ein to grow.] (Anat.) (a) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis. (b) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.

E*piph"y*tal (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to an epiphyte.

Ep"i*phyte (?), n. [Gr. 'epi` upon + fyto`n plant, &?; to grow: cf. F. épiphyte.] 1. (Bot.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

2. (Med.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

{ Ep`i*phyt"ic (?), Ep`i*phyt"ic*al (?), } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte. -- Ep`i*phyt"ic*al*ly, adv.

Ep`i*plas"tron (?), n.; pl. Epiplastra (#). [Pref. epi- + plastron.] (Anat.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.

Ep`i*pleu"ral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pleural.] (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen.

||Ep`i*plex"is (?), n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. &?; , fr. &?; to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + &?; to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

||E*pip"lo*ce (?), n. [L., connection, from Gr. &?; a plaiting together, fr. &?; to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + &?; to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.

Ep`i*plo"ic (?), a. Relating to the epiploön.

||E*pip"lo*ön (?), n.; pl. Epiploa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Anat.) See Omentum.

Ep`i*po"di*al (?), a. 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.

||Ep`i*po`di*a"le (?), n.; pl. Epipodialia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &?;, dim. of &?;, &?;, foot.] (Anat.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

E*pip"o*dite (?), n. [See Epipodium.] (Zoöl.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

||Ep`i*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Epipodia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoöl.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.

Ep`i*pol"ic (?), a. (Opt.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [R.]

E*pip"o*lism (?), n. [Gr. &?; a surface; 'epi` + pe`lein to be.] (Opt.) See Fluorescence. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.

E*pip"o*lized (?), a. Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light. [R.] Stokes.

Ep`ip*ter"ic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. &?; wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. -- n. The epipteric bone.

Ep`ip*ter"y*goid (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. -- n. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Ep`i*pu"bic (?), a. Relating to the epipubis.

||Ep`i*pu"bis (?), n.; pl. Epipubes (#). [NL., epi- + pubis.] (Anat.) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.

E*pis"co*pa*cy (?), n. [See Episcopate.] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

E*pis"co*pal (?), a. [L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopal. See Bishop.] 1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.