| eardrum | <anatomy> The tympanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| eared | 1. Having (such or so many) ears; used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared. 2. <zoology> Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. <zoology> Eared owl, any seal of the family Otariidae, including the fur seals and hair seals. See Seal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| earl | A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count. Origin: OE. Eorl, erl, AS. Eorl man, noble; akin to OS. Erl boy, man, Icel. Jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. Male, Zend arshan man. Cf. Jarl. <zoology> The needlefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| earlduck | <zoology> The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Earle L fibrosarcoma | <tumour> A transplantable fibrosarcoma derived from subcutaneous tissue of a mouse of C3H strain, grown in tissue culture to which 20-methylcholanthrene had been added. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Earle's solution | A tissue culture medium containing CaCl2, MgSO4, KCl, NaHCO3, NaCl, NaH2PO4-H2O, and glucose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Earle, Wilton | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1902-1962. See: Earle L fibrosarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early | 1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. "Early and provident fear is the mother of safety." (Burke) "The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them." (Hawthorne) 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. "Seen in life's early morning sky." (Keble) "The forms of its earlier manhood." (Longfellow) "The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer." (J. C. <philosophy> Shairp) Early English See the Note under English. Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries. Synonym: Forward, timely, not late, seasonable. Origin: OE. Earlich. See Early. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| early ambulation | Procedure characterised by a shorter period of hospitalization or recumbency or by more rapid mobilization than is normally practiced. (12 Dec 1998) |
| early deceleration | Slowing of the foetal heart rate early in the uterine contraction phase, denoting compression of the foetal head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early development | An early stage in the life cycle of a bacteriophage (a virus which infects bacteria) that occurs after infection but before replication of the bacteriophage genome. (09 Oct 1997) |
| early diastolic murmur | A murmur that begins with the second heart sound, as the murmur of aortic insufficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early gene | <genetics, molecular biology> Genes that are expressed soon after viral infection of a host cell. (18 Nov 1997) |
| early infantile autism | A severe emotional disturbance of childhood characterised by qualitative impairment in reciprocal social interaction and in communication, language, and social development. Synonym: autistic disorder, childhood schizophrenia, early infantile autism, Kanner's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early labour | <obstetrics> The onset of uterine (labour) contractions after 32 weeks gestation but before 38 weeks gestation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Mozart ear | A deformity of the pinna where the two crura of the antihelix and the crus of the helix are fixed, giving a bulging appearance of the superior part of the pinna. Origin: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, composer, said to have had this deformity (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compressive ear dressing | <otolaryngology> A thick (mound) dressing of soft gauze is applied over the ear and then a circular wrap is applied around the head. This is usually performed to prevent ear swelling that can result in cauliflower ear. (05 Jan 1998) |
| concha of ear | The large hollow, or floor of the auricle, between the anterior portion of the helix and the antihelix; it is divided by the crus of the helix into the cymba above and the cavum below. Synonym: concha auriculae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior wall of middle ear | It contains the opening into the mastoid antrum. Synonym: paries mastoideus cavi tympani, mastoid wall of middle ear, posterior wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hare's-ear | <botany> An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium); so named from the shape of its leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hart's-ear | <botany> An Asiatic species of Cacalia (Cacalia Kleinia), used medicinally in India. (06 Mar 1998) |
| scroll ear | A deformity of the external ear in which the pinna is rolled forward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea-ear | <zoology> Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| slanted ear | An ear that is slanted more than usual. Technically, an ear is slanted when the angle of the slope of the auricle is more than 15 degrees from the perpendicular. Considered a minor anomaly. The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child increases the probability that the child has a major malformation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stahl's ear | A deformed external ear, in which the fossa ovalis and upper portion of the scaphoid fossa are covered by the helix; regarded as a stigma of degenerate constitution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| darwinian ear | An auricle in which the upper border is not rolled over to form the helix, but projects upward as a flat, sharp edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swimmer's ear | Infection and inflammation of the external ear canal. Symptoms include earache, ear discharge and decreased hearing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dog ear | Redundant corner of skin, usually the result of mismatch in a wound closure, leaving an excessive hump or triangular bit of tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dog's-ear | The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Dog's"-eared. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| internal ear | internal ear |