{ Ech*on" (?), Ech*oon" (?) }, pron. Each one. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ech"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, sound + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight.
||É`clair" (?), n. [F.] (Cookery) A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.
E*clair"cise (?), v. t. [F. éclaircir; pref. es- (L. ex) + clair clear, L. clarus.] To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.
||E*clair"cisse*ment (?), n. [F., fr. éclaircir. See Eclaircise, v. t.] The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.
The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer.
Clarendon.
||Ec*lamp"si*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a shining forth, fr. &?; to shine forth; &?; out + &?; to shine.] (Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.
||Ec*lamp"sy (?), n. (Med.) Same as Eclampsia.
E*clat" (?), n. [F. éclat a fragment, splinter, explosion, brilliancy, splendor, fr. éclater to splinter, burst, explode, shine brilliantly, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. sleizan to slit, split, fr. slzan, G. schleissen; akin to E. slit.] 1. Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." Pope.