Eu*ter"pe*an (?) a. Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.
Eu`tha*na"si*a (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; well + &?; death, &?;, &?;, to die: cf. F. euthanasie.] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." Hazlitt.
The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia.
Arbuthnot.
Eu*than"a*sy (?), n. Same as Euthanasia.
Eu`thi*o*chro"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; well + &?; sulphur + &?; color.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called.
Euthiochroic acid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts.
Eu`thy*neu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; straight + &?; a nerve.] (Zoöl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.
Eu"tro*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; nourishing, healthy; &?; well + &?; to nourish.] (Med.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
Eu*tych"i*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.
Eu*tych"i*an*ism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.
Eux*an"thic (?) a. (Chem.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin.
Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin.
Eux*an"thin (?), n. [Gr. &?; well + &?; yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.
Eux"e*nite (?), n. [Gr. &?; hospitable. So named because it contains a number of rare elements.] (Min.) A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.
E*va"cate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + vacate.] To empty. [Obs.] Harvey.
E*vac"u*ant (?), a. [L. evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of evacuare: cf. F. évacuant.] Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purgative or cathartic.
E*vac"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.] 1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.