| exsiccated sodium sulfite | Anhydrous sodium sulfite, used as a preservative in pharmaceutical preparations. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| exsiccation | Synonym: desiccation. 2. The removal of water of crystallization. Synonym: dehydration. Origin: L. Ex sicco, pp. Siccatus, to dry up (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsiccation fever | An elevation of temperature in infants after reduction of fluid intake, diarrhoea, or vomiting; probably caused by reduced available body water, with reduced heat loss by evaporation; an analogous condition in adults is seen when exertion is continued in the face of dehydration. Synonym: dehydration fever, exsiccation fever, inanition fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsiccator | <chemistry> An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsomatise | To remove from the body. Origin: G. Ex, out of, + soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsorption | Movement of substances from the blood into the lumen of the gut. Origin: G. Ex, out, + sorbere, to suck (05 Mar 2000) |
| exstipulate | Without stipules. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exstrophy | <medicine> The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder. Origin: Gr. To turn inside out; = out + to turn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exstrophy of the bladder | A congenital gap in the anterior wall of the bladder and the abdominal wall in front of it, the posterior wall of the bladder being exposed. Synonym: ectopia vesicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exstrophy of the cloaca | A developmental anomaly in which an area of intestinal mucosa is interposed between two separate areas of the urinary bladder. Synonym: ectopia cloacae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsufflate | To exorcise or renounce by blowing. Origin: L. Exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See Sufflate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsufflation | 1. A blast from beneath. 2. A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. 3. <physiology> A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. Origin: Cf. LL. Exsufflatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |