| eupraxia | Normal ability to perform coordinated movements. Origin: eu-+ G. Praxis, a doing (05 Mar 2000) |
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| euprocin hydrochloride | Hydrocupreine isopentyl ether;a derivative of quinine. Synonym: eucupine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Euproctis | A genus of moths. The hairs of the cocoon and caterpillar of the species Euproctis chrysorrhoea, the brown-tail moth, cause caterpillar dermatitis. Origin: eu-+ G. Proktos, rump (05 Mar 2000) |
| eurasiatio | <geography> Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Euratom | <radiobiology> European Atomic Energy Community. International organisation established in 1958 by members of the European Economic Community for the purpose of providing joint funding and management of the scientific research of the member countries - initially Belgium, France, Italy, Holland, and West Germany. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eurhipidurous | <ornithology> Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds. Origin: Gr. Well + a fan + a tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eurhythmia | Harmonious body relationships of the separate organs. Origin: eu-+ G. Rhythmos, rhythm (05 Mar 2000) |
| euritte | <chemical> A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite. Origin: Cf. F. Eurite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eurkaryote | Higher organisms, whose cells contain a true nucleus, with a well-defined membrane surrounding the nucleus. Plants and animals are eukaryotes (as opposed to prokaryotes, which are cells that lack a membrane-bound nucleus, i.e., bacteria). (14 Nov 1997) |
| european molecular biology lab gene bank | <molecular biology> A large database of DNA sequence data in Heidelberg, Germany, compiled from international sources. It is the European equivalent to the Genbank DNA sequence databank in the United States of America. WWW: EMbase. (09 Oct 1997) |
| European snakeroot | An emetic and cathartic. Synonym: European snakeroot, hazelwort. (05 Mar 2000) |
| European tarantula | Lycosa tarentula, the large European wolf spider or true tarantula Its bite was once believed to cause madness, which inspired frenzied contortions and dancing to rid the body of the venom, though the bite is, in fact, harmless, as is that of most of the large, hairy "tarantula spiders" of the tropics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| european typhus | See Epidemic typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| european union | The collective designation of three organizations with common membership: the european economic community (common market), the european coal and steel community, and the european atomic energy community (euratom). It was known as the european community until 1994. It is primarily an economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labour. Professional services, social, medical and paramedical, are subsumed under labour. The constituent countries are austria, belgium, denmark, finland, france, germany, greece, ireland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, portugal, spain, sweden, and the united kingdom. (12 Dec 1998) |
| europium | <chemical> Europium. An element of the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol eu, atomic number 63, and atomic weight 152. Europium is used in the form of its salts as coatings for cathode ray tubes and in the form of its organic derivatives as shift reagents in nmr spectroscopy. Chemical name: Europium (12 Dec 1998) |