epiderm ose (epidermos)

and a. [ II. a . Same as epidermal . epiderm ous (ep-i-der'mus), a. Same as epider mal. epidictic, epideictic (ep-i-dik'tik, -dik'tik), a. [ the a embly adopt or to deter it from adopting measure under discu ion; in judicial oratory it is accusation or defense of the person under trial; but in epidictic oratory it is simply the treatment of a subject before an audience for the purpose of affording pleasure or satisfaction. I admire his [Junius's] letters as fine specimens of eloquence of that kind which the ancient rhetoricians denominated the epidictic . V. Knox, Winter Evenings, xxix. He [Christ] would not work any epideictic miracle at their bidding, any more than at the bidding of the tempt er. Farrar . IMG:content-0607.jpg:[blocks in formation] epididymal (ep-i-did'i-mal) (ep-i-did'i-mal), a. [ -al . ] Pertaining t Pertaining to the epididymis: as, epididy mal ducts; epididymal ti ues.