eclectic method
- n making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
ecg
- n a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
echelon
- n a body of troops arranged in a line
- n a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
ecchymosis
- n the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
- n the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
eccles
- n Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)