| exist | 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. "Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist." (Swift) "To conceive the world . . . To have existed from eternity." (South) 2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign. 3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land. Synonym: See Be. Origin: L. Existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. Stare to stand: cf. F. Exister. See Stand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| existence | 1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. "The main object of our existence." (Lubbock) 2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. "The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it." (J. S. Mill) 3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences. Origin: Cf. F. Existence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| existential | Pertaining to a branch of philosophy, existentialism, concerned with the search for the meaning of one's own existence, that has been extended into existential psychotherapy. Origin: L. Existentia, existence (05 Mar 2000) |
| existential psychiatry | A type of therapy, based on existential philosophy, emphasizing confrontation, primarily spontaneous interaction, and feeling experiences rather than rational thinking, with less attention given to patient resistances; the therapist is involved on the same level and to the same degree as the patient. Synonym: existential psychiatry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| existential psychology | A theory of psychology, based on the philosophies of phenomenology and existentialism, which holds that the proper study of psychology is an individual's experience of the sequence, spatiality, and organization of his or her existence in the world. (05 Mar 2000) |
| existential psychotherapy | A type of therapy, based on existential philosophy, emphasizing confrontation, primarily spontaneous interaction, and feeling experiences rather than rational thinking, with less attention given to patient resistances; the therapist is involved on the same level and to the same degree as the patient. Synonym: existential psychiatry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| existentialism | A philosophical doctrine basic to existential psychology or existential psychiatry. It focuses on the individual's subjective awareness of his style of existence, his intimate interaction with himself, and his environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| exit block | Inability of an impulse to leave its point of origin, the mechanism for which is conceived as an encircling zone of refractory tissue denying passage to the emerging impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exit domain | <molecular biology> One of the two main binding sites on the ribosome molecule. The finished portion of the polypeptide being translated is attached to this site and leaves the ribosome from this site when the entire polypeptide is finished. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exit dose | The exposure dose of radiation leaving a body opposite the portal of entry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exit pupil | <microscopy> The exit pupil of a lens system is an image of the entrance pupil (hence conjugate to it) and normally should be the image of the limiting diaphragm. In both the microscope and the telescope it is the eyepoint where the beam has its smallest cross-section. It is also called the Ramsden circle or eyepoint. (05 Aug 1998) |
| exitus | An exit or outlet; death. Origin: L. Fr. Ex-eo, pp. -itus, to go out (05 Mar 2000) |
| Exner's plexus | A plexus formed by tangential nerve fibres in the superficial plexiform or molecular layer of the cerebral cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Exner, Siegmund | <person> Austrian physiologist, 1846-1926. See: Call-Exner bodies, Exner's plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exo- | Exterior, external, or outward. See: ecto-. Origin: G. Exo, outside (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Extramarital Sex Behavior, Behavior, Extramarital Sex, Extramarital Relation, Relation, Extramarital, Relations, Extramarital, Sex Behavior, Extramarital
Synonyms : Appliance, Extraoral Traction, Appliances, Extraoral Traction, Bow, Orthodontic Face, Bows, Orthodontic Face, Chincaps, Orthodontic, Extraoral Traction Appliance, Face Bows, Orthodontic, Headgears, Orthodontic, Orthodontic Chincap, Orthodontic Chincaps
Synonyms : Extrapyramidal Tract, Tract, Extrapyramidal, Tracts, Extrapyramidal
Synonyms : Environment, Extraterrestrial, Environments, Extraterrestrial, Extraterrestrial Environments, Spaces (Astronomy)
Synonyms : Extravasation of Diagnostic, Therapeutic Materials, Contrast Media Extravasation
| excess |
a quantity much larger than is needed immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits surfeit: the state of being more than full overindulgence: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
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bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
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| external auditory canal |
auditory meatus: either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
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| expiratory |
of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration
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| exuberant |
ebullient: joyously unrestrained excessive: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
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| EX | changed for (replaced by) something different |
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| EX | one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country |
| EX | the funds of a government or institution or individual |
| EX | a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) |
| EX | remove by cutting |
| EX | remove by erasing or crossing out |
| EX | levy an excise tax on |
| EX | a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) |
| EX | someone who collects taxes for the government |
| EX | the act of pulling up or out |
| EX | the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church |
| EX | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |