| erector | 1. One who, or that which, erects. 2. <anatomy> A muscle which raises any part. 3. <physics> An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| erector muscle of spine | Origin, from sacrum, ilium, and spines of lumbar vertebrae; it divides into three columns, iliocostalis musculus, longissimus musculus, and spinalis musculus, which insert into ribs and vertebrae with additional muscle slips joining the columns at successively higher levels; action, extends vertebral column; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus erector spinae, erector muscle of spine, musculus sacrospinalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erector muscles of hairs | Bundles of smooth muscle fibres, attached to the deep part of the hair follicles, passing outward alongside the sebaceous glands to the papillary layer of the corium; they act to pull the hairs erect, causing "goose bumps" or "goose flesh" (cutis anserina). Synonym: musculi arrectores pilorum, arrectores pilorum, erector muscles of hairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erector spinae muscles | Origin, from sacrum, ilium, and spines of lumbar vertebrae; it divides into three columns, iliocostalis musculus, longissimus musculus, and spinalis musculus, which insert into ribs and vertebrae with additional muscle slips joining the columns at successively higher levels; action, extends vertebral column; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus erector spinae, erector muscle of spine, musculus sacrospinalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erector-spinal reflex | A contraction of part of the erector spinae muscle following scratching of the skin on its outer border. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eremacausis | A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Quietly + burning, fr. To burn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eremean | Pertaining to regions of low, irregular rainfall. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eremitical | Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. (06 Mar 1998) |
| eremophilia | Morbid desire to be alone. Origin: G. Eraemia, solitude, + philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| eremophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of deserted places or of solitude. Origin: G. Eraemia, solitude, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| erethism | <medicine> A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ. Origin: Gr. Irritation, fr. To stir, rouse, fr. To stir: cf. F. Erethisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| erethismic | Erethisticerethitic Excited; marked by or causing erethism; irritable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erethistic shock | Traumatic or toxic delirium following shock. Synonym: delirious shock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ereuthophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of blushing. Origin: G. Ereuthos, blushing, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| erg | <unit> A measurement unit for energy. It is equal to 2.4 x 10-8 gram calories or 0.624 x 1012 electronvolts, or the amount of work done by a force of one dyne acting on a distance of one centimetre. (09 Oct 1997) |