English Dictionary: epilepsia major | by the DICT Development Group |
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Effluvium \Ef*flu"vi*um\, n.; pl. {Effluvia}. [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See {Effluent}, a.] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage. | |
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Effluviable \Ef*flu"vi*a*ble\, a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. [bd]Effluviable matter.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Effluvial \Ef*flu"vi*al\, a. Belonging to effluvia. | |
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Effluviate \Ef*flu"vi*ate\, v. i. To give forth effluvium. [R.] [bd]An effluviating power.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Effluvium \Ef*flu"vi*um\, n.; pl. {Effluvia}. [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See {Effluent}, a.] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage. | |
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Epilepsy \Ep"i*lep`sy\, n. [L. epilepsia, Gr. [?] a seizure, the [bd]falling sickness,[b8] fr. [?] to take besides, seize, attack; 'epi` upon, besides + [?] to take: cf. F. [82]pilepsie. Cf. {Catalepsy}.] (Med.) The [bd]falling sickness,[b8] 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 \Ep`i*lep"tic\, a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. [?] : cf. F. [82]pileptique.] Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy. | |
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Epileptic \Ep`i*lep"tic\, n. 1. One affected with epilepsy. 2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy. | |
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Epileptical \Ep`i*lep"tic*al\, a. Epileptic. | |
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Epileptiform \Ep`i*lep"ti*form\, a. Resembling epilepsy. | |
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Epileptogenous \Ep`i*lep*tog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. 'epi`lhptos 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 \Ep`i*lep"toid\, a. [Gr. 'epi`lhptos + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions. | |
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Onagraceous \On`a*gra"ceous\, Onagrarieous \On`a*gra*ri"e*ous\, a. [From NL. Onagra an old scientific name of the evening primrose (Enothera), fr. Gr. [?] a kind of plant; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants ({Onagrace[91]} or {Onagrarie[91]}), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb ({Epilobium}), and the evening primrose ({[OE]nothera}). | |
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Willow-herb \Wil"low-herb`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial herb ({Epilobium spicatum}) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus. {Spiked willow-herb}, a perennial herb ({Lythrum Salicaria}) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers. | |
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Rosebay \Rose"bay`\, n. (Bot.) (a) the oleander. [Obs.] (b) Any shrub of the genus {Rhododendron}. [U.S.] (c) An herb ({Epilobium spicatum}) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also {great willow herb}. | |
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Fireweed \Fire"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An American plant ({Erechthites hiercifolia}), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. (b) The great willow-herb ({Epilobium spicatum}). | |
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Biseye \Bi*seye"\, p. p. of {Besee}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Evil biseye}, ill looking. [Obs.] | |
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Evil-favored \E"vil-fa`vored\, a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. --Bacon. -- {E"vil-fa`vored*ness}, n. --Deut. xvi. 1. | |
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Evil-favored \E"vil-fa`vored\, a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. --Bacon. -- {E"vil-fa`vored*ness}, n. --Deut. xvi. 1. | |
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Evolve \E*volve"\, v. i. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. --Prior. | |
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Evolve \E*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evolved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evolving}.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See {Voluble}.] 1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. --Sir. M. Hale. The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. --Whewell. Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. --J. C. Shairp. 2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors. | |
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Evolve \E*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evolved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evolving}.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See {Voluble}.] 1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. --Sir. M. Hale. The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. --Whewell. Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. --J. C. Shairp. 2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors. | |
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Evolvement \E*volve"ment\, n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution. | |
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Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also {evolvent}. See {Evolute}. | |
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Evolvent \E*volv"ent\, n. [L. evolvents. -entis, unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See {Involute}, and {Evolute}. | |
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Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also {evolvent}. See {Evolute}. | |
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Evolvent \E*volv"ent\, n. [L. evolvents. -entis, unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See {Involute}, and {Evolute}. | |
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Evolve \E*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evolved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evolving}.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See {Voluble}.] 1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. --Sir. M. Hale. The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. --Whewell. Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. --J. C. Shairp. 2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors. | |
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Eyeflap \Eye"flap"\, n. A blinder on a horse's bridle. |