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<hw>Ep`i*the`li*o"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Epithelium</er>, and <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also <altname>epithelial cancer</altname>.</def>

<h1>Epithelium</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*the"li*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Epitheliums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Epithelia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ nipple.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (<it>i. e.</it>, keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term <i>endothelium</i> being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.</def>

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<hw>Ep`i*the"loid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Epithelioid.</def>

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<hw>Ep"i*them</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epithema</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to lay or put on: cf. F. <ets>\'82pith\'8ame</ets>. See <er>Epithet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.</def>

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<hw>Ep`i*the"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ a case, box, fr. <?/ to place.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.</def>

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<hw>E*pith"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a putting on; <?/ upon + <?/ to place.]</ety> <def>The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; <as>as, <ex>numb</ex> for <ex>num</ex>, <ex>whilst</ex> for <ex>whiles</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>Ep"i*thet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epitheton</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ added, fr. <?/ to add; <?/ upon, to + <?/ to put, place: cf. F. <ets>\'82pith\'8ate</ets>. See <er>Do</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a <i>just</i> man; a <i>verdant</i> lawn.</def>

<blockquote>A prince [Henry III.] to whom the <b>epithet</b> "worthless" seems best applicable. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Term; expression; phrase.</def> "Stiffed with <i>epithets</i> of war."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Epithet</er>, <er>Title</er>.</syn> <usage> The name <i>epithet</i> was formerly extended to nouns which give a title or describe character (as the "<i>epithet</i> of liar"), but is now confined wholly to adjectives. Some rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still further, considering the term <i>epithet</i> as belonging only to a limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold forth some quality necessarily implied therein; <as>as, the <ex>bright</ex> sun, the <ex>lofty</ex> heavens, etc.</as> But this restriction does not prevail in general literature. <i>Epithet</i> is sometimes confounded with <i>application</i>, which is always a noun or its equivalent.</usage>

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<hw>Ep"i*thet</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To describe by an epithet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Never was a town better <b>epitheted</b>. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw><hw>Ep`i*thet"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`i*thet"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ added.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets.</def> "In <i>epithetic</i> measured prose."

<i>Lloyd.</i>

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<hw>Ep"i*thite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ impostor.]</ety> <def>A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mason.</i>

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