| entasia | <medicine> Tonic spasm; applied generically to denote any disease characterised by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. See Entasis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| entasis | 1. A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column. 2. <medicine> Same as Entasia. Origin: NL, from Gr. A stretching; fr.; in + to extend. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| entastic | <medicine> Relating to any disease characterised by tonic spasms. Origin: Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. See Entasis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| entellus | <zoology> An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Synonym: hoonoomaun and hungoor. Origin: NL, the specific name, fr. Gr. To command. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Entemopoxvirus | The genus of viruses (family Poxviridae) that comprises the poxviruses of insects; they seem not to multiply in vertebrates. Origin: G. Entomon, insect (05 Mar 2000) |
| enter | 1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. "That darksome cave they enter." (Spenser) "I, . . . With the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent." (Milton) 2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army. 3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc. 4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation. 5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc. 6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse. 7. To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. 8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry. 4. 9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preemption. 10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc); as, "entered according to act of Congress." 11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. Origin: OE. Entren, enteren, F. Entrer, fr. L. Intrare, fr. Intro inward, contr. Fr. Intero (sc. Loco), fr. Inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. Interior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enteradenography | A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands. Origin: Gr. An intestine + a gland. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enteradenology | <study> The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal. Origin: Gr. An intestine + a gland. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enteral | A method of nutritient delivery where fluid is given directly into the gastrointestinal tract. (16 Dec 1997) |
| enteral nutrition | Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enteralgia | <medicine> Pain in the intestines; colic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. An intestine + pain: cf. F. Enteralgie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enteramine | 5-hydroxytryptamine |
| enterdynia | <medicine> Pain in the intestines; colic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. An intestine + pain: cf. F. Enteralgie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| enterectasis | Dilation of the bowel. Origin: entero-+ G. Ektasis, a stretching (05 Mar 2000) |
| enterectomy | Resection of a segment of the intestine. Origin: entero-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |