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To chain together; to connect, as by links. Shak.

Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.

Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.

Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.

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.

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.…

A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.

what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller. Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.

The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

e, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] "The excrementive parts." Felthman.

To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

aining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n.

The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden.

Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.

f loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.