Epiphegus (epifegus)

[NL., cancer-root. epiphenomenon (epi-fe-nom'e-non), n.; pl. epiphenomena (-nä). [NL., cause. From these investigations [of Billroth] it was generally concluded that septic infection was due to an unorganized though perhaps organic substance; that the presence of bacteria was an epiphenomenon -a sequence, not a W. T. Belfield, Rel. of Micro-Org. to Disease, p. 37. epiphlœodal (ep-i-flē'ō-dal), a. [ epiphlœum + -ode + -al .] -al .] Same as epip epiphlœodic . epiphlœodic (ep"i-fle-od'ik), a . [ epiphlœum + -ode +-ic.] In lichenology lichenology , living upon the surface of the bark of a plant. Compare hypo phlœodic.