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<hw>Ep"i*cene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epicoenus</ets>, Gr. <?/; fr. <?/ + <?/ common; cf. F. <ets>\'82pic\'8ane</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as <?/, <i>bos</i>, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.</def>

<blockquote>The literary prigs <b>epicene</b>. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He represented an <b>epicene</b> species, neither churchman nor layman. <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epicentral</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*cen"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>centrum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Arising from the centrum of a vertebra.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Epicerastic</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*ce*ras"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tempering the humors; <?/ + <?/ to mix: cf. F. <ets>\'82pic\'82rastique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Lenient; assuaging.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Epichirema</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*chi*re"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epichiremata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, from <?/ to attempt to prove.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet. & Logic)</fld> <def>A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>epicheirema</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Epichordal</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*chor"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>chordal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a <i>perichordal</i> column, which develops around it.</def>

<h1>Epichorial</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*cho"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ over + <?/ country.]</ety> <def>In or of the country.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Epichorial</b> superstitions from every district of Europe. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epicleidium</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*clei"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ a little key.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.</def>

<h1>Epiclinal</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*cli"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a couch.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.</def>

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<h1>Epicoele</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*coele</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.</def>

<h1>Epicoene</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*coene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Epicene.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hadley.</i>

<h1>Epicolic</h1> <Xpage=501>