EPIMERA
E*pim"e*ra, n. pl.
Defn: See Epimeron.
EPIMERAL
E*pim"e*ral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the epimera.
EPIMERE
Ep"i*mere, n. Etym: [Epi- + -mere.] (Biol.)
Defn: One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex.
EPIMERON E*pim"e*ron, n.; pl. Epimera. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea. (b) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.]
EPINASTIC
Ep`i*nas"tic, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.
EPINEURAL
Ep`i*neu"ral, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + neural.] (Anat.)