Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

Ec`tos·to"sis (?), n. [NL. See Ect-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Ec`to·zo"ic (?), a. (Zoöl.) See Epizoic.

Ec`to·zo"ön (?), n.; pl. Ectozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. εκτοσ outside outside + ζω*ον an animal.] (Zoöl.) See Epizoön.

Ec·tro"pi·on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a turning aside; ? from + ? to turn.] (Med.) An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

Ec·tro"pi·um (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Ectropion.

Ec·trot"ic (?), a. [Gr. ? for abortion; εκ out + ? to wound, cause mischief to.] (Med.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.

Ec"ty·pal (?), a. [L. ectypus worked in high relief, Gr. ?; εκ out + ? stamp, figure. See Type.] Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

Ec"type (?), n. [Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal.]

1. (Classical Archæol.) (a) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence: (b) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.

Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets.
Eng. Cyc.

Ec`ty·pog"ra·phy (?), n. [Ectype + -graphy.] A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Ec`u·men"ic (?), Ec`u·men"ic·al (?), a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to inhabit, from ? house, dwelling. See Economy.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also œcumenical.]