Part 3873

<hw><hw>Ep`i*taph"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`i*taph"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.</def>

<blockquote>The noble Pericles in his <b>epitaphian</b> speech. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Epitaphial</b> Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epitaphic</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*taph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An epitaph.</def></def2>

<i>Udall.</i>

<h1>Epitaphist</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep"i*taph`ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An epitapher.</def>

<h1>Epitasis</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"a*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a stretching, fr. <?/ to stretch upon or over; <?/ upon + <?/ to stretch.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to <i>protasis</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Epithalamic</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*tha*lam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.</def>

<h1>Epithalamium</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epithalamiums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Epithalamia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ , orig. an adj., nuptial; <?/ upon, at + <?/ bride chamber.]</ety> <def>A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.</def>

<blockquote>The kind of poem which was called <b>epithalamium</b> . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epithalamy</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*thal"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epithalamies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>Epithalamium.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Epitheca</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*the"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ a case, box, fr. <?/ to place.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.</def>

<h1>Epithelial</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*the"li*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to epithelium; <as>as, <ex>epithelial</ex> cells; <ex>epithelial</ex> cancer.</as></def>

<h1>Epithelioid</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*the"li*oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Epithelium</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Like epithelium; <as>as, <ex>epithelioid</ex> cells</as>.</def>

<h1>Epithelioma</h1> <Xpage=503>