{ Ep`i*phyt"ic (?), Ep`i*phyt"ic*al (?), } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte. -- Ep`i*phyt"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ep`i*plas"tron (?), n.; pl. Epiplastra (#). [Pref. epi- + plastron.] (Anat.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
Ep`i*pleu"ral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pleural.] (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen.
||Ep`i*plex"is (?), n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. &?; , fr. &?; to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + &?; to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.
||E*pip"lo*ce (?), n. [L., connection, from Gr. &?; a plaiting together, fr. &?; to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + &?; to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.
Ep`i*plo"ic (?), a. Relating to the epiploön.
||E*pip"lo*ön (?), n.; pl. Epiploa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Anat.) See Omentum.
Ep`i*po"di*al (?), a. 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.