Part 3598

<hw>Ec*stat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ecstatic.</def>

<i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tending to external objects.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Norris.</i>

<h1>Ecstatically</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*stat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Rapturously; ravishingly.</def>

<h1>Ect-, Ecto-</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw><hw>Ect-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ec"to-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ outside.]</ety> <def>A combining form signifying <i>without</i>, <i>outside</i>, <i>external</i>.</def>

<h1>Ectad</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"tad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ect-</ets> + L. <ets>ad</ets> towards.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to <i>entad</i>.</def>

<i>B. G. Wilder.</i>

<h1>Ectal</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ect-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to <i>ental</i>.</def>

<i>B. G. Wilder.</i>

<h1>Ectasia</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*ta"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ectasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.</def>

<h1>Ectasis</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"ta*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ out + <?/ to stretch.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.</def>

<h1>Ectental</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*ten"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ outside + <?/ inside.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; <as>as, the "<ex>ectental</ex> line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum</as>.</def>

<i>C. S. Minot.</i>

<h1>Ecteron</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"ter*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ect-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ec`ter*on"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Ectethmoid</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*teth"moid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ect-</ets> + <ets>ethmoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.</def>

<h1>Ecthlipsis</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*thlip"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to squeeze out.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.</def>