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An epicede.

Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson. He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds.

Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen.

Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]

premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

In or of the country. [R.] Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. De Quincey.

A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.

Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.

A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.

Epicene. [R.] Hadley.

Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.

A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.

A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.

Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.

A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] Bacon.

Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. "The sect Epicurean." Milton.