EPHEMERA

(Lat.), n. f. E2f-e5m(am)'e!lr-a3. From ty^epo*, ephemeral. FT., ephemere. Ger., ephcmerisch.es (oder eintdgiges) Fieber. I. See Ephemeral FEVER. 2. A fly that exists but one day. 3. Of Batsch, a family of the Diales. [A, 66, 326 (a, 14); B, 121 (a, 24); D, 3; L, 56.] Bosartige E. (Ger.), E. aiiglica, E. britannica. See SUDOR anglicus. E. malijjiia. See SUDOR anglicus. E. protract a. That form of ephemeral fever which is protracted through two days or longer. [D, 3.] E. puerperal is. Fr., poil. The ephemeral fever of lying-in women. [A, 42.] E. sudatoria. See SUDOR anglicus. EPHEMERA!,, adj. Eaf-e2m'ellr-a!1l. Gr., e^epos. Lat., ephemeras. Fr., ephemere. Ger., ephemerisch, eintagig. It., effimero. Sp., efimero. Of brief duration; enduring for only a day. [B, 1, 19 (*, 24).] [s. 722]