Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ecstatic

Ec‐stat″ic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. extatique. See Ecstasy, n.] 1. Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ...

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Ecstatic (2)

Ec‐stat″ic, n. An enthusiast. Gauden.

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Ecstatical

Ec‐stat″ic‐al (?), a. 1. Ecstatic. Bp. Stillingfleet.2. Tending to external objects. Norris.

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Ecstatically

Ec‐stat″ic‐al‐ly, adv. Rapturously; ravishingly.

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Ect-

{ Ect– (?), Ec″to– (?) }. A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

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Ectad

Ec″tad (?), adv. [Ect- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the outside or surface; — opposed to entad. B. G. Wilder.

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Ectal

Ec″tal (?), a. [See Ect-.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; — opposed to ental. B. G. Wilder.

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Ectasia

‖Ec‐ta″si‐a (?), n. [NL. See Ectasis.] (Med.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

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Ectasis

‖Ec″ta‐sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; εκ̓ out + � to stretch.] (Pros.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

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Ectental

Ec‐ten″tal (?), a.(Biol.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the “ectental line” or line of juncture of the two layers...

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Ecteron

Ec″ter‐on (?), n. [See Ect-.] (Anat.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. — Ec′ter‐on″ic (#), a.

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Ectethmoid

Ec‐teth″moid (?), a. [Ect- + ethmoid.] (Anat.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.

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Ecthlipsis

‖Ec‐thlip″sis (?), n. 1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, ...

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Ecthoreum

‖Ec′tho‐re″um (?), n.; pl.Ecthorea (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � to leap out; εκ out + �, �, to leap, dart.] (Zoöl.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling ...

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Ecthyma

‖Ec‐thy″ma (?), n.; pl.Ecthymata (#). (Med.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.

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Ecto- (2)

Ec″to– (?). See Ect-.

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Ectoblast

Ec″to‐blast (?), n. [Ecto- + Gr. � bud, germ.] (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm. (b) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall. Agassiz.

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Ectobronchium

‖Ec′to‐bron″chi‐um (?), n.; pl.Ectobronchia (#). [NL. See Ecto-, and Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

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Ectocuneriform

{ Ec′to‐cu‐ne″ri‐form (?), Ec′to‐cu″ni‐form (?), } n. [Ecto- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

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Ectocyst

Ec″to‐cyst (?), n. [Ecto- + Gr. � bladder.] (Zoöl.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

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Ectoderm

Ec″to‐derm (?), n. [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. (b) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an ...

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Ectodermal

{ Ec′to‐der″mal (?), Ec′to‐der″mic (?), } a.(Biol.) Of or relating to the ectoderm.

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Ectolecithal

Ec′to‐lec″i‐thal (?), a. [Ecto- + Gr. � the yolk of an egg.] (Biol.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage proces...

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Ectomere

Ec″to‐mere (?), n. [Ecto- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

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Ectoparasite

Ec′to‐par″a‐site (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; — opposed to endoparasite. — Ec′to‐par′a‐sit″ic (#), a.

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Ectopia

‖Ec‐to″pi‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. εκ̓ out + � place.] (Med.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

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Ectopic

Ec‐top″ic (?), a.(Med.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.