| Ect- |
|
Alt. of Ecto- |
| Ectad |
adv. |
Toward the outside or surface;
opposed to entad. |
| Ectal |
a. |
Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer;
opposed to ental. |
| Ectasia |
n. |
A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal. |
| Ectasis |
n. |
The lengthening of a syllable from short to long. |
| Ectental |
a. |
Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum. |
| Ecteron |
n. |
The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. |
| Ectethmoid |
a. |
External to the ethmoid; prefrontal. |
| Ecthlipsis |
n. |
The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. |
| Ecthlipsis |
n. |
The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. |
| Ecthorea |
pl. |
of Ecthoreum |
| Ecthoreum |
n. |
The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. |
| Ecthyma |
n. |
A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. |
| Ecthymata |
pl. |
of Ecthyma |
| Ecto- |
|
A combining form signifying without, outside, external. |
| Ecto- |
|
See Ect-. |
| Ectoblast |
n. |
The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm. |
| Ectoblast |
n. |
The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall. |
| Ectobronchia |
pl. |
of Ectobronchium |
| Ectobronchium |
n. |
One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds. |
| Ectocuneriform |
n. |
Alt. of Ectocuniform |
| Ectocuniform |
n. |
One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. |
| Ectocyst |
n. |
The outside covering of the Bryozoa. |
| Ectoderm |
n. |
The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. |
| Ectoderm |
n. |
The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm. |
| Ectodermal |
a. |
Alt. of Ectodermic |
| Ectodermic |
a. |
Of or relating to the ectoderm. |
| Ectolecithal |
a. |
Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova. |
| Ectomere |
n. |
The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals. |
| Ectoparasite |
n. |
Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals;
opposed to endoparasite. |
| Ectopia |
n. |
A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder. |
| Ectopic |
a. |
Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ. |
| Ectoplasm |
n. |
The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. |
| Ectoplasm |
n. |
The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. |
| Ectoplasm |
n. |
The ectosarc of protozoan. |
| Ectoplastic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm. |
| Ectoprocta |
n. pl. |
An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles. |
| Ectopy |
n. |
Same as Ectopia. |
| Ectorganism |
n. |
An external parasitic organism. |
| Ectosarc |
n. |
The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm. |
| Ectosteal |
a. |
Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification. |
| Ectostosis |
n. |
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage. |
| Ectozoa |
pl. |
of Ectozoon |
| Ectozoic |
a. |
See Epizoic. |
| Ectozoon |
n. |
See Epizoon. |
| Ectropion |
n. |
An unnatural eversion of the eyelids. |
| Ectropium |
n. |
Same as Ectropion. |
| Ectrotic |
a. |
Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease. |
| Ectypal |
a. |
Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model. |
| Ectype |
n. |
A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence: |
| Ectype |
n. |
A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely). |
| Ectype |
n. |
A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed. |
| Ectypography |
n. |
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief. |
