Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary

by Robert Hunter

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 ...of the stomach from the breast to the waist, a little above the nave, and containing the right part of the stomnch, the jvincrcas, and part of the liver. There are epigastric arteries and veins, besides a plexus. epigastric region, s. The region described under Epigastric (q.v.). (See the engraving in Vol. I., pt. i., p. 7., coL 2.) e-i-gas'-tri-um, s. Gr. tVtyaa-Tptos (epi gastriqs) = over the belly or stomach. The upper fore part of the al»domcn, reaching from the pit of the stomach to an imaginary line above the umbilicus (navel) supposed to bo drawn from the one extremity of the last false rib, on one side, to the corresponding point on the other. ep I gas tro cele, s. ft. ipigastrockis; Gr. em (epi) = upon; yacrrqp (gaster) = the belly, and-'j (keU) = a tumour. Surg,: Hernia of any portion of the hypogastric region. t 6p-I-ge'-al, «. Gr. em'ye«K (epigcios) » on or of the itri (epi) = upon, and (ge) = the eartfa. The same as Epigeous (q.v.). t Sp'-I-goe, iSp-i-ge-um, s. epioeal. The part of a planet's orbit nearest to the earth. The same as Perigee (q.v.). (Glossog. Anglic., ftc.) fip'-i-gono, a. Gr. em (epi) = upou, and-/ i-i-iu (gennao) = to produce.J 1. Min. £ Having undergone nn alteration In its chemical character wbile retaining the samo crystalline fcrin as before, foreign to the position which the crystals at present occupy; pseudoraorphic. 2. Originating on the surface of the earth, as distinguished from hypogene rocks like granite, of which Lyell's hypothesis is that it originated at a considerable depth below the surface. iSp-I-gSn'-fi-Bis, s. Gr. iwi (epi) = upon, and ye'veo-ty (genesis) = origin. Phys.; The hypothesis that in conception the germ is brought into being...

930 pages, Paperback

Published May 21, 2012

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The Rev Dr Robert Hunter LLD was the lead editor of the Encyclopædic Dictionary, which he produced in seven volumes between 1879 and 1888. In addition, he was an ordained minister and missionary for the Free Church of Scotland, and a notable geologist, becoming a Fellow of the Geological Society.