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- ecchymosis
- small, flat hemorrhagic
spots on the skin or mucous membranes
- eclampsia
- convulsions, unrelated
to other cerebral conditions, in pregnant or puerperal women
(women who have just given birth)
- ectopic
- located outside normal
position, e.g., location of fetus in
pregnancy
- eczema
- inflammatory skin
condition
- edema
- abnormal accumulation
of fluids within tissues
- edematous
dermatitis
- skin irritation marked
by an accumulation of watery fluid
- ejaculatio
praecox
- premature ejaculation
during sexual intercourse
- electrolyte
- substance in solution
that conducts an electrical current
- -ellus
- in botany, diminutive,
e.g., echinellus, minutely spiny
- embolism
- obstruction of a vessel
by an abnormal body, usually a detached blood
clot
- embrocation
- liniment; external
application of a liniment
- embryotoxic
- poisonous to the
developing embryo
- emetic
- substance causing
vomiting
- empyema
- pus located in a body
cavity
- emulsion
- system containing two
unmixable liquids in which one is dispersed in the form of
small globules throughout the other
- endangiitis
obliterans
- inflammation of the
inner blood vessel membrane leading to vessel
occlusion
- endogenous
depression
- depressive mental state
not resulting from life events
- endplate
- termination, referring
to a motor nerve fiber that enervates to a skeletal muscle
fiber
- -ensis
- in botany, origin,
country, or place of growth; e.g., texensis, found in
Texas
- enteral
- referring to the inside
of the intestinal tract
- enteral
absorption
- absorption by means of
the intestine
- enteritis
regionalis
- localized inflammation
of the intestine
- enuresis
nocturna
- bed-wetting
- epicondylitis
- infection or
inflammation of a projection from a long bone near the
extremity
- epidermis
- superficial epithelial
layers of the skin
- epigastric
- relating to the area
immediately above the stomach
- epilemma
- interstitial
sheath-like connective tissue in a peripheral nerve that
separates the individual nerve fibers
- epilepsy
- chronic brain disorder
associated with some seizures and, typically, alteration of
consciousness
- epileptiform
convulsion
- violent spasms; similar
to those of epilepsy
- erythema nodosum
- acute inflammation of
skin with red nodules
- erythro-
- in botany,
reddish
- -escens
- in botany, process of
becoming; e.g., florescens, blooming
- essential oil
- volatile terpene
derivatives responsible for the odor or taste of a
plant
- -estris
- in botany, place of
growth; e.g., campestris, growing in the
field
- estrogen receptor
site binding
- site on the surface of
a cell receiving estrogen from circulation
- estrogen-like
- exerting biological
effects similar to the effect of estrogen
- exanthem
- rash, symptomatic of
viral or bacterial diseases
- exocrine pancreas
insufficiency
- inability of the
pancreas to secrete enzymes into the gastrointestinal tract
for the digestion of proteins and fat
- expectorant
- promoting mucous
secretion of the bronchi or facilitating its
expulsion
- extrapyramidal
- referring to brain
structures other than those needed for motor
activities
- extrasystole
- an ectopic or
asynchronous beat from any source in the
heart
- exudative
diathesis
- a constitutional or
inborn predisposition to loss of fluids
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