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Epicoele (ĕpĭsēl), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. koi^lon a hollow.] (Anat.) 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.
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Epicoene (?), a. Epicene. [R.] Hadley.
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Epicolic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. � colon.] (Anat.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
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Epicondylar (?), n. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
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Epicondyle (?), n. [Pref. epi- + condyle.] (Anat.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the humerus; the internal condyle.
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Epicoracoid (?), n. [Pref. epi- + coracoid.] (Anat.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.
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Epicranial (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as, epicranial muscles.
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Epicranium (?), n. [NL. See , and .] 1. (Anat.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
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2. (Zoöl.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
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Epictetian (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. � Epictetus.] Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.
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Epicure (?), n. [L. Epicurus, Gr. �, a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.] 1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.

Syn. -- Voluptuary; sensualist.
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Epicurean (?; 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. �: cf. épicurien.] 1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. “The sect Epicurean.” Milton.
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2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
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Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes. Prescott.
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Coloq. Epicurean philosophy . See Atomic philosophy, under .
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Epicurean, n. 1. A follower or Epicurus.
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2. One given to epicurean indulgence.
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Epicureanism (?), n. Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.
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Epicurely (?), adv. Luxuriously. Nash.
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Epicureous (?), a. Epicurean. [Obs.]
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Epicurism (?), n. [Cf. F. épicurisme.] 1. The doctrines of Epicurus.
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2. Epicurean habits of living; luxury.
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Epicurize (?), v. i. 1. To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.
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2. To feed or indulge like an epicure. Fuller.
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Epicycle (?), n. [L. epicyclus, Gr. �; 'epi upon + � circle. See .] 1. (Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.
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The schoolmen were like astronomers which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. Bacon.
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2. (Mech.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.
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epicyclic, epicyclical (?), a. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.
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Coloq. Epicyclic train (Mach.), a train of mechanism in which epicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevel wheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of the wheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the other wheels.
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Epicycloid (?), n. [Epicycle + -oid: cf. F. épicycloïde.] (Geom.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.
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☞ Any point rigidly connected with the rolling circle, but not in its circumference, traces a curve called an epitrochoid. The curve traced by a point in the circumference of the rolling circle when it rolls on the concave side of a fixed circle is called a hypocycloid; the curve traced by a point rigidly connected with the rolling circle in this case, but not its circumference, is called a hypotrochoid. All the curves mentioned above belong to the class class called roulettes or trochoids. See .
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Epicycloidal (?), a. Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.
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Coloq. Epicycloidal wheel , a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.
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Epideictic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. � to show forth, display; 'epi + � to show. Cf. .] Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.

{ Epidemic (?), Epidemical (?), } a. [L. epidemus, Gr. �, �, among the people, epidemic; � in + � people: cf. F. épidémique. Cf. .] 1. (Med.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See .
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2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.
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It was the epidemical sin of the nation. Bp. Burnet.
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Epidemic (?), n. [Cf. .] 1. (Med.) An epidemic disease.
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2. Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.
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Epidemically, adv. In an epidemic manner.
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Epidemiography (?), n. [Epidemy + -graphy.] (Med.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.
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epidemiologic, epidemiological (?), a. Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology; as, epidemiological studies.
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epidemiologist (?), n. A person skilled in epidemiology.
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epidemiology (?), n. [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.) That branch of medicine which studies the incidence and distribution of disease in a population, and uses such information to find the causes, modes of transmission, and methods for control of disease.
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Epidemy (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. épidémie. See .] (Med.) An epidemic disease. Dunglison.
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Epiderm (?), n. [Cf. F. épiderme. See .] (Anat.) The epidermis.
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Epidermal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
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Epidermatic (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]
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Epidermatoid (?), a. [Gr. 'epi upon + derma, -atos, skin + -oid. Cf. .] (Anat.) Epidermoid. Owen.
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Epidermeous (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]
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Epidermic (?), a. [Cf. F. épidermique.] Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark.
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Coloq. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.
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Epidermical (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]
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Epidermidal (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]
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Epidermis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; � over + � skin, fr. � to skin. See , v. t.] 1. (Anat.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See .
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2. (Bot.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.
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Epidermoid (?), a. [Cf. F. épidermoïde.] (Anat.) Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.
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Epidermose (?), n. [See .] (Physiol. Chem.) Keratin.

{ Epidictic (?), Epidictical (?), } a. [L. epidictius. See .] Serving to explain; demonstrative.
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Epididymis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; 'epi upon + � testicle.] (Anat.) An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. -- Epididymal (#), a.
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Epididymitis (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.
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Epidote (?), n. [Gr. � to give besides; � over + � to give: cf. F. épidote. So named from the enlargement of the base of the primary, in some of the secondary forms.] (Min.) A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.
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☞ The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or cerium epidote.
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Epidotic (?),, a. Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.
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Epigæa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi upon + � earth.] (Bot.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.
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Epigæous (?), a. [Gr. �. See , and cf. .] (Bot.) Growing on, or close to, the ground.
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Epigastrial (?), a. (Anat.) Epigastric.
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Epigastric (?), a. [Gr. � over the belly; 'epi upon + � belly: cf. F. épigastrique.] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.
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2. (Zoöl.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.
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Coloq. Epigastric region . (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.
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Epigastrium (?), n. [NL., from Gr. �.] (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen.
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Epigeal (?), a. (Bot.) Epigæous. [R.]
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Epigee (?), n. [NL. epigeum, fr. Gr. � upon the earth. See .] See . [Obs.]
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Epigene (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. � to be born, grow.] 1. (Crystallog.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.
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2. (Geol.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.
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Epigenesis (?), n. [Pref. epi- + genesis.] (Biol.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.
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Epigenesist (?), n. (Biol.) One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.
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Epigenetic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.
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Epigeous (?), a. Same as .
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Epigeum (?), n. [NL. See .] See . [Obs.]
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Epiglottic (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
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Epiglottidean (?), a. (Anat.) Same as .
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Epiglottis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; 'epi upon + �, �, tongue. See .] (Anat.) A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.
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Epignathous (?), a. [Epi- + Gr. gnaqos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.
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Epigram (?), n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. � inscription, epigram, fr. � to write upon, 'epi upon + � to write: cf. F. épigramme. See .] 1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.
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Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? Shak.
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☞ Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc.
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2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
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3. The style of the epigram.
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Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification. B. Cracroft.

{ Epigrammatic (?), Epigrammatical (?), }[L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. épigrammatique.] 1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.
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2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.
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Epigrammatically, adv. In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.
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Epigrammatist (?), n. [L. epigrammatista: cf. F. épigrammatiste.] One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.
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The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes.
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Epigrammatize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing (?).] To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
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Epigrammatizer (?), n. One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.
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Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge.
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Epigrammist (?), n. An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor.
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Epigraph (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. épigraphe. See .] 1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
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2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.

{ Epigraphic (?), Epigraphical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.
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Epigraphics (?), n. The science or study of epigraphs.
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Epigraphist (?), n. A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.
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Epigraphy (?), n. The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
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Epigynous (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. � woman, female: cf. F. épigyne.] (Bot.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.
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Epihyal (?), n. [Pref. epi- + the Greek letter �.] (Anat.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
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Epilepsy (?), n. [L. epilepsia, Gr. � a seizure, the “falling sickness,” fr. � to take besides, seize, attack; 'epi upon, besides + � to take: cf. F. épilepsie. Cf. .] (Med.) The “falling sickness,” so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison.
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Epileptic (?), a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. � : cf. F. épileptique.] Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
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Epileptic, n. 1. One affected with epilepsy.
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2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
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Epileptical (?), a. Epileptic.
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Epileptiform (?), a. Resembling epilepsy.
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Epileptogenous (?), a. [Gr. 'epilhptos epileptic + -genous.] (Med.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.
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Epileptoid (?), a. [Gr. 'epilhptos + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.
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Epilogation (?), n. [LL. epilogatio.] A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.

{ Epilogic (?), Epilogical (?), } a. [Gr. 'epilogikos.] Of or pertaining to an epilogue.
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Epilogism (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; 'epi upon + � to count, reckon. See .] Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory.
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Epilogistic (?), a. [Cf. Gr. � calculating. See .] Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T. Warton.
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