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   Eaton-Lambert syndrome
         n 1: a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and
               characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh
               muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed
               against the neuromuscular junctions [syn: {Lambert-Eaton
               syndrome}, {Eaton-Lambert syndrome}, {myasthenic syndrome},
               {carcinomatous myopathy}]

English Dictionary: ethanal by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ethan Allen
n
  1. a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
    Synonym(s): Allen, Ethan Allen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethanal
n
  1. a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
    Synonym(s): acetaldehyde, ethanal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethanal trimer
n
  1. a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
    Synonym(s): paraldehyde, ethanal trimer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethanol
n
  1. the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
    Synonym(s): ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethanoyl chloride
n
  1. colorless liquid acyl chloride (CH3COCl) that has a pungent odor
    Synonym(s): acetyl chloride, ethanoyl chloride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethanoyl group
n
  1. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethanoyl radical
n
  1. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethnologic
adj
  1. of or relating to ethnology; "ethnological field work"
    Synonym(s): ethnological, ethnologic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethnological
adj
  1. of or relating to ethnology; "ethnological field work"
    Synonym(s): ethnological, ethnologic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethnologist
n
  1. an anthropologist who studies ethnology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethnology
n
  1. the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
n
  1. French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)
    Synonym(s): Fallot, Etienne- Louis Arthur Fallot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymological
adj
  1. based on or belonging to etymology; "I merely drew an etymological distinction"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymological dictionary
n
  1. a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymologise
v
  1. give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
    Synonym(s): etymologize, etymologise
  2. construct the history of words
    Synonym(s): etymologize, etymologise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymologist
n
  1. a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymologize
v
  1. give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word); "The linguist probably etymologized the words incorrectly"; "Although he is not trained in this, his hobby is etymologizing"
    Synonym(s): etymologize, etymologise
  2. construct the history of words
    Synonym(s): etymologize, etymologise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymologizing
n
  1. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
    Synonym(s): deriving, derivation, etymologizing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etymology
n
  1. a history of a word
  2. the study of the sources and development of words
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ethenyl \Eth"e*nyl\, n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.)
      (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C}.
      (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series,
            {CH2:CH}; -- called also {vinyl}. See {Vinyl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ethnologic \Eth`no*log"ic\, Ethnological \Eth`no*log"ic*al\, a
      Of or pertaining to ethnology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ethnologic \Eth`no*log"ic\, Ethnological \Eth`no*log"ic*al\, a
      Of or pertaining to ethnology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ethnologically \Eth`no*log"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification;
      as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ethnologist \Eth*nol"o*gist\, n.
      One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ethnology \Eth*nol"o*gy\n. [Gr. [?] nation + -logy.]
      The science which treats of the division of mankind into
      races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the
      peculiarities which characterize them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymologer \Et`y*mol"o*ger\
      ([ecr]t`[icr]*m[ocr]l"[osl]*j[etil]r), n.
      An etymologist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymological \Et`y*mo*log"ic*al\
      (-m[osl]*l[ocr]j"[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. etymologicus, Gr.
      'etymologiko`s: cf. F. [82]tymologique. See {Etymology}.]
      Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. --
      {Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymological \Et`y*mo*log"ic*al\
      (-m[osl]*l[ocr]j"[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. etymologicus, Gr.
      'etymologiko`s: cf. F. [82]tymologique. See {Etymology}.]
      Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. --
      {Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymology \Et`y*mol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Etymologies}
      (-j[icr]z). [L. etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon
      + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. [82]tymologie. See
      {Etymon}, and {-logy}.]
      1. That branch of philological science which treats of the
            history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive
            significance, and changes of form and meaning.
  
      2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the
            form of the words in a language; inflection.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymologist \Et`y*mol"o*gist\
      ([ecr]t`[icr]*m[ocr]l"[osl]*j[icr]st), n. [Cf. F.
      [82]tymologiste.]
      One who investigates the derivation of words.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymologize \Et`y*mol"o*gize\ (-j[imac]z), v. t. [Cf. F.
      [82]tymologiser.]
      To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive,
      as a word. --Camden

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymologize \Et`y*mol"o*gize\, v. t.
      To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from
      their simple roots.
  
               How perilous it is to etymologize at random. --Trench.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Etymology \Et`y*mol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Etymologies}
      (-j[icr]z). [L. etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon
      + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. [82]tymologie. See
      {Etymon}, and {-logy}.]
      1. That branch of philological science which treats of the
            history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive
            significance, and changes of form and meaning.
  
      2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the
            form of the words in a language; inflection.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eden Mills, VT
      Zip code(s): 05653

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   EdML
  
      {Edinburgh SML}
  
  
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