| euphrasy | <botany> The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. "Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see." (Milton) Origin: NL. Euphrasia, fr. Gr. Delight, fr. To delight; well + heart, mind: cf. LL. Eufrasia, F. Eufrasie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| euphroe | A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. Alternative forms: uphroe and uvrou. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eupione | <chemistry> A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. Alternative forms: eupion. Origin: Gr. Very fat; well + fat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eupittone | <chemistry> A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal. Synonym: eupittonic acid. Alternative forms: eupitton. Origin: Pref. Eu- + pittacal + -one. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eupittonic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| euplasia | The state of cells or tissue that is normal or typical for that particular type. Origin: eu-+ G. Plasso, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| euplastic | <medicine> Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Origin: Pref. Eu- + -plastic. <medicine> Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| euplastic lymph | Lymph that contains relatively few leukocytes, but a comparatively high concentration of fibrinogen; such lymph clots fairly well and tends to become organised with fibrous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| euplectella | <zoology> A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibres, and growing in the form of a cornucopia. Synonym: Venus's flower-basket. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Well plaited; well + plaited. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| euplexoptera | <entomology> An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig. Origin: NL, fr. Well + to plait + a wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| euploid | <genetics> Describes a cell or individual which has the normal total number of chromosomes. Humans normally have 46 chromosomes per cell. Compare: aneuploidy. (11 Jan 1998) |
| euploidy | <genetics> Polyploidy in which the chromosome number is an integer multiple of the starting number. (18 Nov 1997) |
| euplotes | A genus of ciliate protozoa having a dorsoventrally flattened body with widely spaced rows of short bristle-like cilia on the dorsal surface. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eupnaea | <physiology> Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Easy breathing; well + to breathe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eupnea | Easy, free respiration; the type observed in a normal individual under resting conditions. Origin: G. Eupnoia, fr. Eu, well, + pnoia, breath (05 Mar 2000) |