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(From
to insinuate).
An uterine injection.
(From
and
to cut). An incision; and, figuratively, an impediment.
(From
and
the skull).
See Cerebellum.
(From
). A cake made of fine meal boiled in oil, and sweetened with honey.
(From
to conceive). Pregnant.
(From
and
a bag). See Naevus.
(From
to turn round like a vortex,) an epithet for the eyes, which perpetually turn in their orbits.
(From
to show). See Indicatio.
Or Endemius, (from
and
people,) enchorios, popularis. A term applicable to diseases common to the inhabitants living in one country, from a cause connected with it, as intermittents with the marshes of Essex, and fens of Cambridgeshire; the swelled throat in the Alps; and the plica and pertussis in Poland. It is opposed to Epidemius, q. v.
(From
and
to tie). A ligature, band, or connection.
A sediment at the bottom of a fluid; called also mose hazuania. Rulandus.
(Quasi eundo via, from its frequent occurrence,) intybum sativum, seriola, cichoreum endivia Lin. Sp. Pi. 1142. Endivia vulgaris, endive. This plant is in common use as a salad: it very much resembles succory, both in its appearance and virtues. It is etiolated, viz. blanched, by excluding the light. Without this process it is bitter, and not eatable. The Ba-tavian endive, whose leaves are not deeply crenated, requires no previous etiolation. It is considered as warmer than lettuces, but differs little in its properties from other salads.
Endiva erecta lutea napifolia. See Lampsa-na.
(From
to alternate).
An epithet applied to the joints of the vertebrae, because of their alternate or mutual receptions and insertions.
Vain, empty, or useless. The Greeks call those who are unable to perform the common offices of life, as dumb, deaf, or foolish persons,
lene Rgla,(from
and
a work). Energy; force, vigour, efficacy.
 
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