| EMI scan | Historically, the name commonly used for computed tomography of the head, the technique devised by Hounsfield, who was a scientist at EMI, an English electronics firm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| emiction | Rarely used term for urination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emictory | <pharmacology> An agent that promotes the excretion of urine. Origin: Gr. Diouretikos = promoting urine (18 Nov 1997) |
| emigration | The passage of white blood cells through the endothelium and wall of small blood vessels. Origin: L. E-migro, pp. -atus, to emigrate (05 Mar 2000) |
| emigration theory | That neoplasms originate from various cell rests, i.e., embryonal cells thought to persist in various sites after the development of the foetal organs and tissues. Synonym: emigration theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminence | 1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. "Without either eminences or cavities." (Dryden) "The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence." (Burke) 2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. "You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty." (Shak) 3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. Origin: L. Eminentia, fr. Eminens eminent: cf. F. Eminence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eminence of concha | The prominence on the cranial surface of the auricle corresponding to the concha. Synonym: eminentia conchae, apophysis conchae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminence of scapha | The prominence on the cranial surface of the auricle corresponding to the scapha. Synonym: eminentia scaphae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminence of triangular fossa of auricle | <anatomy> The prominence on the cranial surface of the auricle corresponding to the triangular fossa. Synonym: eminentia fossae triangularis auricularis, agger perpendicularis, eminentia triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminent | 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." 2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. Right of eminent domain. See Domain. Synonym: Lofty, elevated, exalted, conspicuous, prominent, remarkable, distinguished, illustrious, famous, celebrated, renowned, well-known. See Distinguished. Origin: L. Eminens, -entis, p. Pr. Of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. Eminent. Cf. Menace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eminentia | Synonym: eminence. Origin: L. Prominence, fr. E-mineo, to stand out, project (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminentia abducentis | Prominent portion of the medial eminence, just rostral to the medullary striae in the rhomboidal fossa; it is formed by the internal genu of the facial nerve and the abducens nucleus around which the facial fibres curve. Synonym: colliculus facialis, abducens eminence, eminentia abducentis, eminentia facialis, facial eminence, facial hillock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminentia arcuata | A prominence on the anterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone indicating the position of the superior saemicircular canal. Synonym: eminentia arcuata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminentia articularis ossis temporalis | Articular eminence of the temporal bone which bounds the mandibular fossa anteriorly; it forms the anterior root of the zygomatic process; it is enclosed by the articular capsule of the temporomandibular joint with the articular fossa; the head of the mandible (and intervening articular disc) move onto the articular tubercle to allow full depression of mandible (opening of mouth). Synonym: tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis, articular eminence of temporal bone, eminentia articularis ossis temporalis, tuber zygomaticum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eminentia carpi radialis | A rather large flat eminence on the radial side of the palmar aspect of the wrist, due to the tuberosity of scaphoid and the ridge on the trapezium. Synonym: eminentia carpi radialis. (05 Mar 2000) |