eclampsy, eclampsia

[Fr. éclampsie, from Gr. eklampsis a shining out or forth; eklamро to shine out or forth: ek out, and lampo =to IMG:content-0755.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia nothing visible of the greater luminary except a narrow ring of light around the dark shadow of the intervening body. [ANNULAR.] (2) Of the Moon : An obscuration of the moon's over the surface of its satellite. This can occur only at full moon, for to constitute it the sun, the earth, and the moon must be in a straight line, which they so nearly are every time the moon is full as to bring us on all such occasions to the brink of IMG:content-0757.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0758.png:[blocks in formation] eral sense. Heavenly bodies are eclipsed by the intervention of other bodies between them and the beholder; things are in general obscured which are in any way rendered le striking or visible. To eclipse is therefore a species of obscuring : that is always obscured which is eclipsed ; but everything is not eclipsed which is obscured . So figuratively real merit is eclipsed by the intervention of superior merit; it is often obscured by an ungracious exterior in the po e or, or by the unfortunate circum- stances of his life." ( Crabb : Eng. Synon.) 1. Lit .: The act or proce of darkening by an eclipse; the state of becoming or being eclipsed. 2. Fig .: The act of overshadowing, obscuring, or throwing into the shade or background. e-clip-sis, s . [Gr. ekleipsis =a dying out.] Pathol .: A sudden transient lo or impairment of consciousne ; catalepsy; trance; hypnosis. e-clip-ta, s. Gr. ekleipo to leave out, because the seed crown and ovary are wanting.] Bot.: A genus of Asteracese, sub-tribe Ecliptese, of which latter it is the type. They are found in various parts of the tropics. The Brazilian women stain their hair black by means of Eclipta erect a . ě-clip-tě-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. eclipt (a), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] Bot.: A sub-tribe of composite plants, tribe Aster- oidee. ě-clip-tic, a . *ě-clip-tick, a. & s. [Sw. eklip- tik an ; Dan. ekliptiken ; Ger. ekliptik ; Fr. éclip tique ; Prov. ecliptic ; Sp.ecliptic a ; Port.ecliptic a , s., ecliptico , a.; Ital. eclittica ; Lat. ecliptic a ( line a ), all from Gr.ekleiptikos =of or caused by an eclipse. [ECLIPSE.] So named because the moon must be in or near the ecliptic when an eclipse takes place.] A. As adj .: Constituting the sun's path. IMG:content-0759.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0760.png:[blocks in formation] terms: but the economical man spares expense ac- cording to circumstances; he adapts his expend i- ture to his means, and renders it by contrivance as effectual to his purpose as po ible: the frugal man spares expense on himself or on his gences; he may however be liberal to others while he is frugal toward himself; the parsimonious man saves from himself as well as others; he has no make a limited income turn to the best account for other object than saving. By economy, a man may himself and his family; by frugality he may with a limited income be enabled to do much good to others: by parsimony he may be enabled to accumu- late great sums out of a narrow income: hence it is that we recommend a plan for being economical ; we recommend a diet for being frugal ; we con- demn a habit or a character for being par simon i- (2) He thus discriminates between economy , and ěc-stăl-tic, a. [Gr. ek =out, and stellein = to management: " Economy has a more comprehen- sive meaning than management ; for it includes the send.] Sent out from a nerve-center; applied spe- system of science and of legislation as well as that cially to nerve impulses originating from the of domestic arrangements; as the economy of agri. spinal cord. culture; the internal economy of a government; ecs-ta-sled, a . [Eng. ecstasy; -ed.] Filled with political, civil, or religious economy; or the economy of one's household. Management , on the contrary, is an action that is seldom abstracted from its agent, and is always taken in a partial sense, namely, as a part of economy ." (1) Domestic Economy : [DOMESTIC.] (2) Political Economy : [POLITICAL.] Music: Dance music in the Scotch style. e-cos-tāte, a. [Lat. e= ex =out, without, and costa a rib.] Bot.: A term applied to leaves which have no cen- tral rib or costa. ěc'-phlý-sis, s. [Gr. ekphlyzō =to bubble up.] Path .: Vesicular eruption, confined in its action to the surface. ěc-pho-ne-ma, s. [Gr. a thing called out: ek =out, and phone =the voice.] Rhet.: A breaking-out of the voice with some in- terjectional particle. Gram.: A mark (!) used to expre wonder, sur- prise, admiration, . ěc-pho-ne-sis, s . Med.: A medicine which has the quality or power of attenuating tough or viscid humors so as to pro- mote their discharge. ěc-phỹ-a-děc tô mỹ, s. [Gr. ekphyas an off shoot, and ektomé excision.] Surg .: Excision of the ecphyaor vermiform appendix. ěc phỹ-a-di-tis, s . [Gr. ekphyas an offshoot, and it is inflammation.] Pathol.: The same as APPENDICITIS (q. v.); also used to include typhlitis , perityphlitis , etc. ěc-phy-as, s. [Gr. ekphyas =an offshoot.] Anat.: The vermiform appendix. ěc-phy-mạ, s. [Gr.=an eruption of pimples; ekphyo to grow out: ek =out, and phyō to grow. Path.: A cutaneous excrescence, as a carbuncle and the like. (1) Crabb thus discriminates between economy, frugality , and parsimony : " Economy implies man- agement; frugality implies temperance; pars i- mony implies simply forbearance to spend, which is, in fact, the cor common idea included in these Med.: Rapid breathing. ecstasy or enthusiasm; ravished, entranced. ěcs-ta-sỹ, * ecs-ta-sie, s . [Low Lat. ecstasis = a trance; Gr. ekstasis (1) a displacement, (2) a trance: ek =out, sta- , root of histemi =place; O. Fr. ecstase; Fr. extase .] (1) A state of exce ive joy, rapture, or delight. *(2) A state of exce ive grief, distre , or anxiety. (3) A state of enthusiasm. *3. Madne , distraction. fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wět, hëre, camel, her, there ; or, wöre, wolf, work, whô, sốn ; müte, cŭb , cüre, unite, cûr, rûle, full; try, Syrian. æ, ecstatically 3. In a state of ecstasy.