| eros | Love; the god of love; by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Love, (personified) Eros, fr. To love. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| erose | Of a margin: finely and irregularly eroded or toothed, irregularly incised. (09 Oct 1997) |
| erosion | 1. An eating away, destruction of the surface of a tissue, material or structure. 2. Progressive loss of the hard substance of a tooth by chemical processes that do not involve bacterial action. See: abrasion. 3. A gradual breakdown or very shallow ulceration of the skin which involves only the epidermis and heals without scarring. Origin: L. Erosio, from erodere = to eat out (18 Nov 1997) |
| erosive | 1. Having the property of eroding or wearing away. 2. An eroding agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erosive adenomatosis of nipple | A benign tumour which may clinically resemble Paget's disease, but which is a papillary or solid growth of columnar and myoepithelial cells producing a florid pseudoinfiltrative pattern. Synonym: adenoma of nipple, erosive adenomatosis of nipple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erosive gastritis | <gastroenterology> A form of severe inflammation of the stomach that can result in erosions in the lining of the stomach. Complications include perforation, penetration (into a surrounding organ) and haemorrhage. (27 Sep 1997) |
| erostrate | <botany> Without a beak. Origin: Pref. E- out + rostrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |