| endaural incision | Incision through the external auditory canal to permit mastoid surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| endbrain | Paired anteriolateral evaginations of the prosencephalon plus the lamina terminalis. The cerebral hemispheres are derived from it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| endeavor | To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. "It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects." (Ld. Chatham) To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Origin: OE. Endevor; pref. En- + dever, devoir, duty, F. Devoir: cf. F. Se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt Alternative forms: endeavour. An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial. "To employ all my endeavor to obey you." (Sir P. Sidney) To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Synonym: Essay, trial, effort, exertion. See Attempt. Origin: Written also endeavour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endecagon | <geometry> A plane figure of eleven sides and angles. See: Hendecagon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endecagynous | <botany> Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower. Origin: Gr. Eleven + female. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endecane | <chemistry> One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. Alternative forms: hendecane. Origin: Gr. Eleven. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endecaphyllous | <botany> Composed of eleven leaflets; said of a leaf. Origin: Gr. Eleven + leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endeixis | <medicine> An indication. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Indication. See Endeictic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| endemia | Rarely used term for an endemic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic | Present or usually prevalent in a population or geographical area at all times, said of a disease or agent. Synonym: endemial. Compare: epidemic. Origin: Gr. Endemos = dwelling in a place (18 Nov 1997) |
| endemic disease | Continued prevalence of a disease in a specific population or area. See: endemic, enzootic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic diseases | The constant presence of diseases or infectious agents within a given geographic area or population group. It may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease with such area or group. It includes holoendemic and hyperendemic diseases. A holoendemic disease is one for which a high prevalent level of infection begins early in life and affects most of the child population, leading to a state of equilibrium such that the adult population shows evidence of the disease much less commonly than do children (malaria in many communities is a holendemic disease). A hyperendemic disease is one that is constantly present at a high incidence and/or prevalence rate and affects all groups equally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| endemic fadeout | <epidemiology> Parasite extinction occurring because endemic levels are so low that it is possible for small stochastic fluctuations to remove all parasites. Contrast epidemic fadeout. (05 Dec 1998) |
| endemic funiculitis | Cellulitis of the spermatic cord due to filariasis; occurs endemically in Sri Lanka and Egypt, and probably elsewhere in the East. Synonym: endemic funiculitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic goiter | Goiter, usually of simple type, prevalent in certain regions where dietary intake of iodine is suboptimal. (05 Mar 2000) |