Part 3600

<hw>Ec*to"pi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ out + <?/ place.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; <as>as, <ex>ectopia</ex> of the heart, or of the bladder</as>.</def>

<h1>Ectopic</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*top"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Out of place; congenitally displaced; <as>as, an <ex>ectopic</ex> organ</as>.</def>

<h1>Ectoplasm</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"to*plasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The ectosarc of protozoan.</def>

<h1>Ectoplastic</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec`to*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to mold.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.</def>

<h1>Ectoprocta</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec`to*proc"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ outside + <?/ the anus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.</def>

<h1>Ectopy</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"to*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Ectopia</er>.</def>

<h1>Ectorganism</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ect*or"gan*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ect-</ets> + <ets>organism</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>An external parasitic organism.</def>

<h1>Ectosarc</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec"to*sarc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ecto-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, flesh.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the am\'d2ba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.</def>

<h1>Ectosteal</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*tos"te*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to ectostosis; <as>as, <ex>ectosteal</ex> ossification</as>.</def>

<h1>Ectostosis</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec`tos*to"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ect-</er>, and <er>Ostosis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.</def>

<h1>Ectozoic</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec`to*zo"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Epizoic</er>.</def>

<h1>Ectozo\'94n</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec`to*zo"\'94n</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ectozoa</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ outside + <?/ an animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Epizo\'94n</er>.</def>

<h1>Ectropion</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*tro"pi*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ a turning aside; <?/ from + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.</def>

<h1>Ectropium</h1> <Xpage=470>

<hw>Ec*tro"pi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Ectropion</er>.</def>

<h1>Ectrotic</h1> <Xpage=470>