eccephalosis (eksefalosis)

[NL., Gr. ἐκ, out, + κεφαλή, head: see cephalic and -osis.] In obstet., an operation in which the brain of the child is removed to facilitate delivery; excerebration. ecce signum (ek'sē sig'num). [L., behold, the sign: ecce, behold (see ecce homo); signum, sign: see sign.] Behold, the sign; here is the proof. ecchondroma (ek-on-drō'mä), n.; pl. ecchondromata (-ma-tä). [NL., Gr. έκ, out of, + χόνδρος, cartilage, + -oma.] A chondroma or cartilaginous tumor growing from the surface of a bone; a chondroma originating in normal cartilage, and forming an outgrowth from it. ecchondrosis (ek-on-drō'sis), n. [NL., ecchymoma (ek-i-mō'mä), n.; pl. ecchymomata (-ma-tä). [NL.,