Euplastic
(Eu*plas"tic) a. [Pref. eu- + -plastic.] (Med.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable
in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation
in a healthy person. Dunglison.
Euplastic
(Eu*plas"tic), n. (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are
renewed.
Euplectella
(||Eu`plec*tel"la) n. [NL., fr. Gr. well plaited; e'y^ well + plaited.] (Zoöl) A genus of elegant,
glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; —
called also Venus's flower-basket.
Euplexoptera
(||Eu`plex*op"te*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. e'y^ well + to plait + a wing.] (Zoöl.) An order
of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior
wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.
Eupnæa
(||Eup*næ"a) n. [NL., fr. gr. easy breathing; well + to breathe.] (Physiol.) Normal breathing where
arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnæa, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.
Foster.
Eupyrion
(Eu*pyr"i*on) n. [Gr. well + fire.] A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneously, as a
lucifer match. Brande & C.
Eurasian
(Eu*ra"sian) n. [European + Asian.]
1. A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
2. One born of European parents in Asia.
Eurasian
(Eu*ra"sian) a. Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as,
the great Eurasian plain.
Eurasiatio
(Eu*ra`si*at"io) a. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.
