Episepalous Ep`i·sep"al·ous adjective [ Prefix
epi- +
sepal .]
(Botany) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
Episkeletal Ep`i·skel"e·tal adjective [ Prefix
epi- +
skeleletal .]
(Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
Episodal Ep`i·so"dal adjective Same as Episodic .
Episode Ep"i·sode noun [ Greek ... a coming in besides, ... episode; ... into, besides + ... a coming in, ... into + ... way, confer Sanskrit
sad to go: confer French
épisode .]
(Rhet.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
Episodial Ep`i·so"di·al adjective Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.
Episodic, Episodical Ep`i·so"dic, Ep`i·so"dic·al adjective [ Confer French
épisodique . See
Episode .]
Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. --
Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly ,
adverb Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait.
H. James.
Epispadias Ep`i·spa"di·as noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'epi` upon + ... to draw, rend.]
(Medicine) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.
Epispastic Ep"i·spas"tic adjective [ Greek ..., from ... to draw to, attract; ... to + ... to draw: confer French
épispastique .]
(Medicine) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
Epispastic Ep"i·spas"tic noun (Medicine) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
Episperm Ep"i·sperm noun [ Prefix
epi- + Greek ... seed: confer French
épisperme .]
(Botany) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa .
Epispermic Ep`i·sper"mic adjective (Botany) Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.
Epispore Ep"i·spore noun [ Prefix
epi- +
spore .]
(Botany) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.
Epistaxis Ep`i·stax"is noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'epi` upon + ... to drop.]
(Medicine) Bleeding at the nose.
Epistemology E·pis`te·mol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... knowledge +
-logy .]
The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
Episternal Ep`i·ster"nal adjective (Anat. & Zoology) Of or pertaining to the episternum.
Episternum Ep`i·ster"num noun ;
plural Episterna . [ New Latin See
Epi- , and
Sternum .]
1. (Anat.) (a) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. (b) Same as Epiplastron . 2. (Zoology) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.
Epistilbite Ep`i·stil"bite noun [ Prefix
epi- +
stilbite .]
(Min.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
Epistle E·pis"tle noun [ Middle English
epistle ,
epistel , Anglo-Saxon
epistol ,
pistol , Latin
epistola , from Greek ... anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, from ... to send to, tell by letter or message;
'epi` upon, to + ... to dispatch, send; confer Old French
epistle ,
epistre , French
épître . See
Stall .]
1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters. A madman's epistles are no gospels.
Shak. 2. (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. Epistle side ,
the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel. One sees the pulpit on the epistle side .
R. Browning.
Epistle E·pis"tle transitive verb To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Epistler E·pis"tler noun 1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold. 2. (Eccl.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
Epistolar E·pis"to·lar adjective Epistolary. Dr. H. More.
Epistolary E·pis"to·la·ry adjective [ Latin
epistolaris , from
epistola : confer French
épistolaire .]
1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style. 2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "
Epistolary correspondence."
Addison.
Epistolean Ep`is·to"le·an (ĕp`ĭs*tō"lĕ*
a n)
noun One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.
Epistoler E·pis"to·ler (e*pĭs"to*lẽr)
noun (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
Epistolet E·pis"to·let (-lĕt)
noun A little epistle. Lamb.
Epistolic, Epistolical Ep`is·tol"ic, Ep`is·tol"ic·al adjective [ Latin
epistolicus , Greek ....]
Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
Epistolize E·pis"to·lize intransitive verb To write epistles.
Epistolizer E·pis"to·li`zer noun A writer of epistles.
Epistolographic E·pis`to·lo·graph"ic adjective [ Greek ... : confer French
épistolographique .]
Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary. Epistolographic character or
mode of writing ,
the same as Demotic character . See under Demotic .
Epistolography E·pis`to·log"ra·phy noun [ Greek ... epistle +
-graphy : confer French
épistolographie .]
The art or practice of writing epistles.
Epistoma, Epistome E·pis"to·ma, Ep"i·stome noun [ New Latin
epistoma , from Greek
'epi` upon + ..., ..., mouth.]
(Zoology) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust. , under Entoprocta .
Epistrophe E·pis"tro·phe noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a turning toward, return, from ... to turn toward;
'epi` upon, to + ... to turn.]
(Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g. , "Are they Hebrews? so am I . Are they Israelites? so am I ." 2 Cor. xi. 22.
Epistyle Ep"i·style noun [ Latin
epistylium , Greek ...;
'epi` upon + ... column: confer French
épistyle .]
(Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave .
Episyllogism Ep`i·syl"lo·gism noun [ Prefix
epi- +
syllogism .]
(Logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.
Epitaph Ep"i·taph noun [ French
épitaphe , Latin
epitaphium a funeral oration, from Greek ..., orig. an adj., over or at a tomb;
'epi` upon + ... tomb. Confer
Cenotaph .]
1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Shak. 2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
Epitaph Ep"i·taph transitive verb To commemorate by an epitaph. [ R.]
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
G. Harvey.
Epitaph Ep"i·taph intransitive verb To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [ R.]
The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
Bp. Hall.
Epitapher Ep"i·taph`er noun A writer of epitaphs. Nash.
Epitaphial, Epitaphian Ep`i·taph"i·al, Ep`i·taph"i·an adjective Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech.
Milton. Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally.
Lowell.
Epitaphic Ep`i·taph"ic adjective Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. --
noun An epitaph. Udall.
Epitaphist Ep"i·taph`ist noun An epitapher.
Epitasis E·pit"a·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a stretching, from ... to stretch upon or over;
'epi` upon + ... to stretch.]
1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis . 2. (Medicine) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.
Epithalamic Ep`i·tha·lam"ic adjective Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
Epithalamium Ep`i·tha·la"mi·um noun ;
plural Epithalamiums , Latin
Epithalamia . [ Latin , from Greek ... , orig. an adj., nuptial;
'epi` upon, at + ... bride chamber.]
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom. The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber.
B. Jonson.
Epithalamy Ep`i·thal"a·my noun ;
plural Epithalamies Epithalamium. [ R.]
Donne.
Epitheca Ep`i·the"ca noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'epi` upon + ... a case, box, from ... to place.]
(Zoology) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
Epithelial Ep`i·the"li·al adjective Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
Epithelioid Ep`i·the"li·oid adjective [
Epithelium +
-oid .]
(Anat.) Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.
Epithelioma Ep`i·the`li·o"ma noun [ New Latin See
Epithelium , and
-oma .]
(Medicine) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer .
Epithelium Ep`i·the"li·um noun ;
plural English
Epitheliums , Latin
Epithelia . [ New Latin , from Greek
'epi` upon + ... nipple.]
(Anat.) 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 ( i. e. , keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
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