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<hw>Ep`i*der"mose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Epidermis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Keratin.</def>

<h1>Epidictic, Epidictical</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw><hw>Ep`i*dic"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`i*dic"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epidictius</ets>. See <er>Epideictic</er>.]</ety> <def>Serving to explain; demonstrative.</def>

<h1>Epididymis</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*did"y*mis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ upon + <?/ testicle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ep`i*did"y*mal</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Epididymitis</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*did`y*mi"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Epididymis</er>, and <er>-itis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.</def>

<h1>Epidote</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*dote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to give besides; <?/ over + <?/ to give: cf. F. <ets>\'82pidote</ets>. So named from the <ets>enlargement</ets> of the base of the primary, in some of the secondary forms.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>Epidote group</i> includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or <i>lime epidote</i>, piedmontite or <i>manganese epidote</i>, allanite or <i>serium epidote</i>.</note>

<h1>Epidotic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*dot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; <as>as, an <ex>epidotic</ex> granite</as>.</def>

<h1>Epig\'91a</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*g\'91"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ earth.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (<spn>E. repens</spn>), the trailing arbutus.</def>

<h1>Epig\'91ous</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*g\'91"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Epig\'91a</er>, and cf. <er>Epigee</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing on, or close to, the ground.</def>

<h1>Epigastrial</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*gas"tri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Epigastric.</def>

<h1>Epigastric</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*gas"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ over the belly; <?/ upon + <?/ belly: cf. F. <ets>\'82pigastrique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.</def>

<cs><col>Epigastric region</col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The whole upper part of the abdomen.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.</cd></cs>

<h1>Epigastrium</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*gas"tri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The upper part of the abdomen.</def>

<h1>Epigeal</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*ge"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Epig\'91ous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Epigee</h1> <Xpage=501>