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(en’sif-orm) [L. en’sis sword + for’ma form]. Shaped like a sword. ens i sternum (en-sis-ter’num) [L. en’sis sword + sternum]. The ensiform appendix; the lowest piece of the sternum. ens morbi (enz mor’bi) [L.]. The nature or e ential principle of a disease considered apart from its causation; the pathology of a disease as distinguished from its etiology. ensomphalus (en-sora’fal-us) (Gr. & in + σῶμα a body + ὀμφαλός navel]. A double monstrosity having blended bodies, two separate navels, and two umbilical cords. enstrophe (en’stro-fé) [Gr. & in + στρέφειν to turn]. Inversion, especially of the margin of the eyelids. ent acoustic (en-tah-koos’tik) [Gr. ἐντός within + ἀκουστικός of hearing]. Pertaining to the organ of hearing. entad (en’tad). Toward the center; inwardly. Entada (en’tad-ah). See bayogo. ental (en’tal) [Gr. és within]. Inner; central. Entameba, Entamoba (ent-am-e’bah). A genus of amebe, including the species that are internal parasites of the human body. This genus is differentiated from A meba by the absence of a contractile vacuole and the formation of multinucleated cysts. “See Amada. E. bucca’lis, a small species found in the buccal secretions and believed to be the cause of pyorrhea alveolar is. genic form found normally in the intestiral tract of man. E. histolyt’ica, a species larger than E. col i, and the cause of amebic or tropical dysentery and tropical absce of the liver. Called also Ameba dysentcria. KE. kartul’isi, a species found in the pus of necrotic bone absce es. Β. nippon’ica, a species from cases of tropical dysentery in Japan.. tetrage’na, a species found in the stool of tropical dysentery in Africa and Asia. Ἐ. un’dulans, an oval body with an undulating membrane found in the human intestine. entasia, entasis (en-ta’ze-ah, en’tas-is) [Gr. &- raots]. A constrictive spasm; spasmodic muscular action. entelechy (en-tel’ek-e) [Gr. ἐντελεχεῖα actuality]. Completion; full development or realization. ent epicondyle (en-tep-e-kon’dil). |The internal epicondyle of the humerus. enteque (en-ta’ka). A disease of animals in South America, characterized by the formation of horny structures in the lungs. enter a den (en-ter’ad-en) [Gr. ἔντερον bowel + ἀδήν gland]. Any intestinal gland. enter adenitis (en-ter-ad-en-i’tis) [see enter a den]. Inflammation of the intestinal glands. enteral (en’ter-al) [Gr. repo intestine]. the intestine. enteralgia (en-ter-al’je-ah) (Gr. ἔντερον intestine + ἄλγος pain]. Pain or neuralgia of the intestine. enter an gie mph rax is §(en-ter-an-je-em-fraks’is) [Gr. ἔντερον intestine + ἀγγεῖον ve el + tugpakes stoppage]. Obstruction of the intestinal blood ve els. enterauxe (en-ter-awks’e) (Gr. ἔντερον intestine + αὐξή increase]. Hypertrophy of the intestinal wall. enter ectasis (en-ter-ek’tas-is) [Gr. ἔντερον intestine + ἕκτασις extension]. Distention of the intestines. enterectomy (en-ter-ek’to-me) (Gr. ἔντερον intestine + ἐκτομή a cutting out]. The excision of a part of the intestine. enterelcosis (en-ter-el-ko’sis) [Gr. ἕντερον intestine + ἕλκωσες ulceration]. Ulceration of the intestine. enterepiplocele (en’ter-e-pip’lo-sél) (Gr. ἕντερον intestine + ἐπίπλοον omentum + κήλη hernia). See entero-epiplocele. Within 332 E. co’li, a non-patho-