Part 3925

<hw>E*sod"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ within + <?/ way.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to <i>exodic</i>.</def>

<h1>Esophagal</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>E*soph"a*gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Esophageal.</def>

<h1>Esophageal</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>E`so*phag"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the esophagus.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp><?/sophageal</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Esophagean</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>E`so*phag"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Esophageal.</def>

<h1>Esophagotomy</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>E*soph`a*got"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the esophagus + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>\'d2sophagotomy</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Esophagus</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>E*soph"a*gus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; root of <?/ which is used as future of <?/ to bear, carry (cf. Skr. <ets>v\'c6</ets> to go, drive) + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See <i>Illust</i>. of <i>Digestive apparatus</i>, under <er>Digestive</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp><?/sophagus</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Esopian, Esopic</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw><hw>E*so"pi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*so"pic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>\'92sopian</er>, <er>\'92sopic</er>.</def>

<h1>Esoteric</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`o*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ inner, interior, comp. fr. <?/ in, within, fr. <?/, <?/, into, fr. <?/ in. See <er>In</er>.]</ety> <def>Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to <i>exoteric</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this <b>esoteric</b> class, with here and there a reader to understand them. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Esoterical</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`o*ter"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Esoteric.</def>

<h1>Esoterically</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`o*ter"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an esoteric manner.</def>

<h1>Esotericism</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`o*ter"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Esoteric doctrine or principles.</def>

<h1>Esoterics</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`o*ter"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.</def>

<h1>Esotery</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"o*ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to <i>exotery</i>.</def>

<i>A. Tucker.</i>

<h1>Esox</h1> <Xpage=509>