| euisopoda | <zoology> A group which includes the typical Isopoda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| eukarya | The phylogenetic domain containing all eukaryotic organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Eukaryotae | A superkingdom of organisms characterised by eukaryotic cells; acellular members (kingdom Protoctista) are characterised by a single eukaryotic unit; more complex (multicellular) members have been assigned to the kingdoms Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eukaryote | <cell biology> Organism whose cells have chromosomes with nucleosomal structure and separated from the cytoplasm by a two membrance nuclear envelope and compartmentalisation of a function in distinct cytoplasmic organelles. (18 Nov 1997) |
| eukaryotic | Pertaining to or characteristic of a eukaryote. Synonym: eucaryotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eukaryotic cells | Cells of the higher organisms, containing a true nucleus bounded by a nuclear membrane. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eukeratin | Hard keratin present in hair, wool, horn, nails, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eukinesia | Normal movement. Origin: eu-+ G. Kinesis, movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| eulachon | <zoology> The candlefish. Alternative forms: oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon] See Candlefish. Origin: Native Indian name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Eulenburg | Albert, German neurologist, 1840-1917. See: Eulenburg's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eulenburg's disease | Paramyotonia congenita, a nonprogressive myotonia induced by exposure of muscles to cold; there are episodes of intermittent flaccid paralysis, but no atrophy or hypertrophy of muscles; autosomal dominant inheritance. There is a variant autosomal dominant form in which cold is not a provoking factor. Synonym: Eulenburg's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eulerian | Pertaining Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century. Eulerian integrals, certain definite integrals whose properties were first investigated by Euler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eulerian coordinates | <radiobiology> Coordinates which are fixed in an inertial reference frame, contrast with Lagrangian Coordinates. See: Eulerian Frame, Lagrangian Frame. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eulerian frame | <radiobiology> Reference frame which has a fixed coordinate system, as opposed to the Lagrangian Frame, which moves with a fluid. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eulogies | Speeches or writings in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person. They differ from funeral sermons in that the latter are delivered at ceremonies for the deceased prior to their burial or cremation. (12 Dec 1998) |