| eschalot | <botany> See Shallot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| eschar | <dermatology> This is a dry scab that forms on skin that has been burned or exposed to corrosive agents. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eschara | <zoology> A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A grate, a pan of coals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| escharase | <chemical> Non-proteolytic enzyme isolated from pineapple stem which can be used for debridement of burns to remove denatured tissue; has no hydrolytic activity against normal protein substrates or glycosaminoglycans (26 Jun 1999) |
| escharectomy | Excision of all or part of an eschar, usually following a burn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| escharine | <zoology> Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| escharotic | <medicine> Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar; caustic. Origin: Gr, fr. An eschar: cf. F. Escharotique. <medicine> A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, especially, a mild caustic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| escharotomy | Surgical incision in an eschar to lessen constriction, as might be done following a burn. Origin: eschar + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| eschatology | <study> The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected. Origin: Gr. The furthest, last. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| escheat | To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture. In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished. Origin: Esheated; Escheating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Escherich | Theodor, German physician, 1857-1911. See: Escherichia coli, Escherich's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Escherich's sign | <clinical sign> In hypoparathyroidism (latent tetany) tapping the skin at the angle of the mouth causes protrusion of the lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| escherichia | A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms occur in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. The species are nonpathogenic or opportunistic pathogens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Escherichia coli | <bacteria> The archetypal bacterium for biochemists, used very extensively in experimental work. A rod shaped gram-negative bacillus (0.5 x 3-5 m) abundant in the large intestine (colon) of mammals. Abbreviation: E. Coli (18 Nov 1997) |
| escherichia coli infections | Infections with bacteria of the species escherichia coli. (12 Dec 1998) |