| Essick's cell bands | Groups of cells in the developing rhombencephalon which migrate in two bands, one of which eventually forms the inferior olivary nucleus and the arcuate nucleus, and the other the pontine nuclei. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Essick, C | <person> 20th century U.S. Anatomist. See: Essick's cell bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Essig splint | A stainless steel wire passed labially and lingually around a segment of the dental arch and held in position by individual ligature wires around the contact areas of the teeth; used to stabilise fractured or repositioned teeth and the involved alveolar bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| essonite | <chemical> Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet. Origin: Named from Gr. Inferior, because not so hard as some minerals it resembles, e. G, hyacinth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |