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Epicoele
- - A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
Epicolic
- - Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
Epicures
- noun - a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Epicurus
- noun - Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
Epicycle
- noun - a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
Epidemic
- adjective - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
Epidotic
- - Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.
Epidural
- adjective - on or outside the dura mater
- regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery
Epifauna
- unknown - Benthic animals that live on the surface of a substrate, such as rocks, pilings, marine vegetation, or the sea or lake floor itself. Epifauna may attach themselves to such surfaces or range freely over them, as by crawling or swimming.