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DURA MATER. [L. _durus_, hard, and _mater_, mother.] The outermost membrane of the brain.

DYSEN-TER-Y. [Gr. +dys+, _ds_, bad, and +enteria+, _enteria_, intestines.] A discharge of blood and mucus from the intestines attended with tenesmus.

DYS-PEPSI-A. [Gr. +dys+, _ds_, bad, and +pept+, _pepto_, to digest.] Indigestion, or difficulty of digestion.

EN-AMEL. [Fr.] The smooth, hard substance which covers the crown or visible part of a tooth.

EP-I-DERMIS. [Gr. +epi+, _epi_, upon, and +derma+, _derma_, the skin.] The scarf-skin; the cuticle.

EP-I-GLOTTIS. [Gr. +epi+, _epi_, upon, and +gltta+, _gltta_, the tongue.] One of the cartilages of the glottis.

EU-STACHI-AN TUBE. A channel from the fauces to the middle ear, named from Eustachius, who first described it.

EXCRE-MENT. [L. _excerno_, to separate.] Matter excreted and ejected; alvine discharges.

EX-CRE-MEN-t.i.tIAL. Pertaining to excrement.

EXCRE-TO-RY. A little duct or vessel, destined to receive secreted fluids, and to excrete or discharge them; also, a secretory vessel.

EX-HALANT. [L. _exhalo_, to send forth vapor.] Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

EX-TENSOR. [L.] A name applied to a muscle that serves to extend any part of the body; opposed to _Flexor_.

FACIAL. [L. _facies_, face.] Pertaining to the face.

FALX. [L. _falx_, a scythe.] A process of the dura mater shaped like a scythe.

FASCI-A. [L. _fascia_, a band.] A tendinous expansion or aponeurosis.

FAS-CICU-LUS, -LI. [L. _fascis_, a bundle.] A little bundle.

FAUX, -CES. [L.] The top of the throat.

FEMO-RAL. Pertaining to the femur.

FEMO-RIS. A term applied to muscles that are attached to the femur.

FEMUR. [L.] The thigh-bone.

FE-NESTRA, -UM. [L. _fenestra_, a window.] A term applied to some openings into the internal ear.

FIBRE. [L. _fibra_.] An organic filament, or thread, which enters into the composition of every animal and vegetable texture.

FIBRIN. A peculiar organic substance found in animals and vegetables; it is a solid substance, tough, elastic, and composed of thready fibres.

FIBROUS. Composed or consisting of fibres.

FIBRO-CARTI-LAGE. An organic tissue, partaking of the nature of fibrous tissue and that of cartilage.