| ECS | <abbreviation> Electrocerebral silence. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ECSO virus | A picornavirus isolated from outbreaks of enteritis in swine, but not known to be a natural pathogen. Synonym: enteric cytopathogenic swine orphan virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ecstasy | Origin: F. Extase, L. Ecstasis, fr. Gr, fr. To put out of place, derange; = out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand] [Also written extasy. 1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. "Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy." (Dryden) "This is the very ecstasy of love." (Shak) 2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. "He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy." (Milton) 3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. "That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy." (Shak) "Our words will but increase his ecstasy." (Marlowe) 4. <medicine> A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ecstatic | Relating to or marked by ecstasy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ecstrophe | <medicine> The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder. Origin: Gr. To turn inside out; = out + to turn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |