Epicranium

Part of the insect's head (the "forehead”) between the eyes down as far as the clypeus or supra clypeus and back to the occiput. It has a suture along its middle formed by the union of the procephalic lobes. The ocelli are on pieces imbedded in it dorsally. Epictetus, ab.55-ab.125. Stoic philosopher, b. in Phrygia; IMG:content-1336.png:[blocks in formation] first revealed the fact that the germ appears to be so developed, it having been previously believed that each organism existed in miniature in each egg and was simply expanded into the adult. SYNGENESIS. This used to be called Evolution, but the "New Evolution" is a compromise be- tween the old and the Epigenesis theory, and is based on the fact that in Ontogeny there is a succe ive differentiation, as well as growth of a preformed germ. Epiglottis. Elongated leaf-shaped cartilage over the entrance to the larnyx, which prevents the entrance of food, etc., into it. IMG:content-1337.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1338.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1339.jpg:[graphic] Epigastric Vein. See ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL VEIN. Epigastrium. Region overlying the stomach. cases dependent upon injuries to the head are often cured by trephining. Epilogue. Close of a dis- course; more usually, addre appended to a play. Epimenides. Poet and priest of Crete, who, when a boy, is said to have fallen into a sleep which lasted 57 years. He vis- ited Athens by request to purify the city ab. 596 B.C., and stayed a plague then raging. St. Paul has cited a verse of his, Titus i. 12. IMG:content-1340.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1341.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small] IMG:content-1342.jpg:[graphic] Epitheca. Layer of coral cementing the thecæ externally. Epithelioma. Variety of cancer in which epithelial cells IMG:content-1343.png:[blocks in formation]