EPICEDIUM
Ep`i*ce"di*um, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: An epicede.
EPICENE
Ep"i*cene, a. & n. Etym: [L. epicoenus, Gr. épicène.]
1. Common to both sexes; — a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson.
He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J.
A. Symonds.
EPICENTRAL
Ep`i*cen"tral, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + centrum.] (Anat.)
Defn: Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen.
EPICERASTIC
Ep`i*ce*ras"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. épicérastique.] (Med.)
Defn: Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]
EPICHIREMA
Ep`i*chi*re"ma, n.; pl. Epichiremata. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet. &
Logic)