Ep`i*lep"tic*al (?), a. Epileptic.
Ep`i*lep"ti*form (?), a. Resembling epilepsy.
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.
Ep`i*lep"toid (?), a. [Gr. 'epi`lhptos + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.
Ep`i*lo*ga"tion (?), n. [LL. epilogatio.] A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.
{ Ep`i*log"ic (?), Ep`i*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. 'epilogiko`s.] Of or pertaining to an epilogue.
E*pil"o*gism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; 'epi` upon + &?; to count, reckon. See Epilogue.] Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory.
Ep`i*lo*gis"tic (?), a. [Cf. Gr. &?; calculating. See Epilogism.] Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T. Warton.
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E*pil"o*gize (?), v. i. & t. [See Epilogism.] To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.
Ep"i*logue (?; 115), n. [F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. &?; conclusion, fr. &?; to say in addition; 'epi` upon, besides + &?; to say. See Legend.] 1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.
Shak.
2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
Ep"i*lo*guize (?), v. i. & t. Same as Epilogize.
||E*pim"a*chus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; equipped for battle; &?; for + &?; battle.] (Zoöl.) A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.
||E*pim"e*ra (?), n. pl. See Epimeron.
E*pim"er*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the epimera.
Ep"i*mere (?), n. [Epi- + - mere.] (Biol.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex.
||E*pim"e*ron (?), n.; pl. Epimera (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &?; a part.] (Zoöl.) (a) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea. (b) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.]
Ep`i*nas"tic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. &?; pressed close.] (Physiol.) A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.
Ep`i*neu"ral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + neural.] (Anat.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
||Ep`i*neu"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &?; a nerve.] (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
||Ep`in*glette" (?), n. [F.] (Mil.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.
Ep`i*ni"cial (?), a. [See Epinicion.] Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." T. Warton.
Ep`i*ni"cion (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; belonging to victory; 'epi` upon, to + &?; victory: cf. L. epinicium.] A song of triumph. [Obs.] T. Warton.
Ep`i*nik"i*an (?), a. Epinicial.
Ep`i*or"nis (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. épiornis. See Æpyornis.] (Zoöl.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Æpiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also Æpyornis.]
Ep`i*o"tic (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. &?;, gen. &?;, ear.] (Anat.) The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.
Ep`i*pe*dom"e*try (?), n. [Gr. 'epi`pedos on the ground, level ('epi` + pe`don ground) + -metry.] (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.]
Ep`i*pe*riph"er*al (?), a. [Pref. epi- + peripheral.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.
Ep`i*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. epi- + petal.] (Bot.) Borne on the petals or corolla.
E*piph"a*ny (?), n. [F. épiphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. 'epifa`nia (sc. &?;), for 'epifa`neia appearance, fr. 'epifai`nein to show forth; 'epi` + fai`nein to show. See Fancy.] 1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount.
Jer. Taylor.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris.
De Quincey.
2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
Ep`i*phar`yn*ge"al (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pharyngeal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes. -- n. An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.
Ep`i*phar"ynx (?), n. [Epi- + pharynx.] (Zoöl.) A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
||Ep`i*pho*ne"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epifw`nhma, fr. 'epifwnei^n to mention; 'epi` + fwnei^n to speak.] (Rhet.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.