epicurus
— Noun
– English
～ Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
epicycle
— Noun
– English
～ a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
epicyclic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train"
epicyclical
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to an epicycle; "epicyclic gear train"
epicycloid
— Noun
– English
～ a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle
epideictic
— Adjective
– English
～ designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic orations"
epideictical
— Adjective
– English
～ designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic orations"
epidemic
— Adjective
– English
～ (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
epidemic encephalitis
— Noun
– English
～ an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
epidemic cholera
— Noun
– English
～ an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
epidemic disease
— Noun
– English
～ any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
epidemic
— Noun
– English
～ a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
epidemiologic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to epidemiology; "epidemiological studies"
epidemiological
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to epidemiology; "epidemiological studies"
epidemiologist
— Noun
– English
～ a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases
epidemiology
— Noun
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～ the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease
epidendron
— Noun
– English
～ any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
Epidendrum
— Noun
– English
～ large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
epidermal
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
epidermal cell
— Noun
– English
～ any of the cells making up the epidermis