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, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.

ccasioned by temperamental qualities of individuals. -- Theory of equations (Math.), the branch of algebra that treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of any degree containing one unknown quantity.

on or consequence from premises, or the like. "To erect conclusions." Sir T. Browne. "Malebranche erects this proposition." Locke.

us of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

The down of the ostrich. Brande & C.

That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.

That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of from and meaning.

the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.

A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match. Brande & C.

A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.

Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.

e pharynx. See Ear. -- Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult.

A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

wn out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane.

The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body. [Obs.]

Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." Keble.

r a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

ng else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences of joy." Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.