Part 3867

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.</def>

<h1>Epipodiale</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*po`di*a"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epipodialia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/, dim. of <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the <i>epipodialia</i> being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.</def>

<h1>Epipodite</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pip"o*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Epipodium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See <er>Maxilliped</er>.</def>

<h1>Epipodium</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*po"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epipodia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.</def>

<h1>Epipolic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*pol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Epipolism</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pip"o*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a surface; <?/ + <?/ to be.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fluorescence</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir J. Herschel.</i>

<h1>Epipolized</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pip"o*lized</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; <as>as, <ex>epipolized</ex> light</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Stokes.</i>

<h1>Epipteric</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`ip*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The epipteric bone.</def></def2>

<h1>Epipterygoid</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`ip*ter"y*goid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>pterygoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.</def></def2>

<h1>Epipubic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*pu"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the epipubis.</def>

<h1>Epipubis</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*pu"bis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epipubes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>pubis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.</def>

<h1>Episcopacy</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"co*pa*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Episcopate</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Episcopal</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"co*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>episcopalis</ets>, fr. <ets>episcopus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82piscopal</ets>. See <er>Bishop</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Governed by bishops; <as>as, an <ex>episcopal</ex> church</as>.</def>