| ebonize | To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood. Origin: Ebonised; Ebonizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ebony | Origin: F. Ebene, L. Ebenus, fr. Gr.; prob. Of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. Hobnim, pl. Cf. Ebon. A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual colour is black, but it also occurs red or green. The finest black ebony is the heartwood of Diospyros reticulata, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (Brya Ebenus), and from the Excaecaria glandulosa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ebracteate | <botany> Without bracts. Origin: Pref. E- + bracteate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ebracteolate | <botany> Without bracteoles, or little bracts; said of a pedicel or flower stalk. Origin: Pref. E- + bracteolate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ebranlement | Twisting a polyp on its stalk to cause atrophy. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ebstein anomaly | <radiology> Tricuspid valve: abnormal formation and insertion, usually tricuspid insufficiency, right atrial enlargement (if severe, box-like heart), decreased pulmonary vascularity, cyanosis, severe at birth, mild in later childhood, angio: to-and-fro motion of contrast between RA and atrialised RV (12 Dec 1998) |
| ebstein's anomaly | Congenital downward displacement of the tricuspid valve with the septal and posterior leaflets being attached to the wall of the right ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Ebstein's disease | Congenital downward displacement of the tricuspid valve with the septal and posterior leaflets being attached to the wall of the right ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Ebstein's sign | <clinical sign> In pericardial effusion, obtuseness of the cardiohepatic angle on percussion. Sign of oedema of lower eyelid, swelling of the lower lid found in congestive failure, myxoedema, or nephrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ebstein, Wilhelm | <person> German physician, 1836-1912. See: Ebstein's anomaly, Ebstein's disease, Ebstein's sign, Armanni-Ebstein change, Armanni-Ebstein kidney, Pel-Ebstein disease, Pel-Ebstein fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ebullioscope | <instrument, physics> An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils. Origin: L. Ebullire to boil up + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ebullism | Formation of water vapor bubbles in the tissues brought on by an extreme reduction in barometric pressure; occurs if the body is exposed to pressures which are found above an altitude of 63,000 feet. Origin: L. Ebullire, to boil out (05 Mar 2000) |
| ebullition | 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor. 2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition. 3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper. Origin: F. Ebullition, L. Ebullitio, fr. Ebullire. See Ebullient. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ebur | A tissue resembling ivory in outward appearance or structure. Origin: L. Ivory (05 Mar 2000) |
| ebur dentis | <dentistry> The calcified tissue below the enamel, enclosing the cavity of the tooth containing the pulp chamber and root canals. (08 Jan 1998) |