| ecclesia | Origin: L, fr. Gr. 1. The public legislative assembly of the Athenians. 2. A church, either as a body or as a building. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ecclesiological | Belonging to ecclesiology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ecclesiologist | One versed in ecclesiology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ecclesiology | <study> The science or theory of church building and decoration. Origin: Ecclesia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Eccleston | <technique> An aldehyde-thionin-PAS-orange G staining technique modified to identify seven different cell types in the anterior pituitary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccoriate | To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances. Origin: L. Excoriare; ex out + corium hide. Cf. Scourge; see Cuirass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eccrine | <dermatology> Denoting the flow of sweat. Synonym: exocrine. Origin: G. Ek-krino, to secrete (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccrine acrospiroma | <tumour> A tumour derived from eccrine sweat glands, composed of glycogen-rich clear cells. Synonym: eccrine acrospiroma, nodular hidradenoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccrine gland | <anatomy, dermatology> A coiled tubular sweat gland (other than apocrine gland's) that occurs in the skin on almost all parts of the body and secrete sweat directly onto the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccrine poroma | <tumour> A poroma or acrospiroma of the eccrine sweat glands, usually occurring on the sole of the foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccrine spiradenoma | <tumour> A typically painful benign skin tumour composed of two cell types derived from the secretory part of eccrine sweat glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccrinology | <study> The branch of physiology and of anatomy concerned with the secretions and the secreting (exocrine) glands. Origin: G. Ek-drino, to secrete, + logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccrisis | 1. The removal of waste products. 2. Any waste product; excrement. Origin: G. Separation (05 Mar 2000) |
| eccritic | <pharmacology> A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic. Origin: Gr. Secretive, fr. To choose out. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eccyesis | <obstetrics> An alternative term for ectopic pregnancy. Origin: G. Ek, out, + kyesis, pregnancy (05 Mar 2000) |