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Epithets of Zeus
Epithets of Zeus (Greek epikleseis): the many cult and literary titles of the Greek supreme god, covering weather, civic, social, and agricultural capacities, studied from Farnell and Cook to Lebreton's 2025 study of Athens.
Epitoky
Epitoky: reproductive transformation of polychaete annelids, where the immature atoke becomes a swimming epitoke or produces stolons (Nereididae, Syllidae, Eunicidae), swarms at the surface, and spawns by body-wall rupture, often dying after.
Epitope
Epitope (antigenic determinant): the specific part of a molecule recognized and bound by an antibody or antigen receptor. B-cell epitopes are linear or conformational (about 90% conformational); T-cell epitopes are peptides presented by MHC molecules.
Epitope prediction
Epitope prediction, also called B cell epitope prediction, uses computational methods to identify which parts of an antigen are recognized by T cell receptors or antibodies.
Epizode
Epizode is an electronic music festival held during the New Year's Eve season on Phú Quốc Island, Vietnam, running since 2016 and organized by Russia's Sagrado Corp.
Epizootic haemorrhagic disease
Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD), caused by EHDV, an Orbivirus of Sedoreoviridae, is a Culicoides midge-borne disease of cervids and bovids; seven serotypes, first isolated 1955, EHDV-8 reached Europe in 2022.
Epizootic lymphangitis
Epizootic lymphangitis (pseudofarcy, equine histoplasmosis): chronic contagious fungal disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum; endemic mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Ethiopia; WOAH-listed.
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), also called red spot disease or mycotic granulomatosis, is a WOAH-listed fish disease caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces invadans, first reported in Japan in 1971, affecting at least 94 finfish species across Asia, Australia, North America, and Africa, with ulcers, mycotic granulomas, and no available vaccine or treatment.
Epizootiology
Epizootiology: traditional term for epidemiology of animal (non-human) populations, from Greek zoo-; covers epizootics, epornitics, veterinary disease surveillance, productivity, and the five objectives of veterinary epidemiology.
Epke Zonderland
Epke Zonderland (born 1986, Lemmer), the Flying Dutchman, is a retired Dutch artistic gymnast: Olympic high bar gold London 2012 (16.533, Cassina-Kovacs-Kolman), world champion 2013, 2014, 2018, four Olympiads, now a sports physician.
ePlanet Capital
ePlanet Capital, formerly ePlanet Ventures and originally DFJ ePlanet Ventures, is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Asad Jamal, an early investor in Skype and Baidu.
Eplerenone
Eplerenone, sold as Inspra, is a selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that blocks aldosterone. Approved in 2002, it lowers blood pressure and improves survival after heart attack complicated by heart failure.
Epley maneuver
The Epley maneuver, also called the canalith repositioning procedure, is a sequence of timed head and body positions used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
Eplivanserin
Eplivanserin (SR-46349, Sliwens) is a selective 5-HT2A receptor antagonist Sanofi developed for sleep-maintenance insomnia; its EU marketing application was withdrawn in December 2009 after CHMP concerns over small effect and diverticulitis risk.
Eplontersen
Eplontersen (Wainua, Wainzua) is a GalNAc-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide silencing liver TTR mRNA, FDA-approved December 2023 at 45 mg monthly subcutaneously for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis polyneuropathy; its ATTR-CM trial failed.
EPMD
EPMD, also known as Erick and Parrish Making Dollars, is an American hip-hop duo formed in 1987 by Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith. They are known for their monotone rhyming and five gold-certified albums.
Epoch (astronomy)
In astronomy, an epoch is a specific instant chosen as a reference for measurements or coordinate systems, since star positions and orbits change over time.
Epoch (computing)
An epoch in computing is a fixed reference date from which a system counts elapsed time; the best-known is the Unix epoch, 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970.
Epoch AI
Epoch AI is a nonprofit research organization founded in April 2022 that tracks trends in AI development and builds independent benchmarks for frontier models, including FrontierMath.
EPOCH chemotherapy regimen
EPOCH is a combination chemotherapy regimen of etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin, with the natural-product drugs given by continuous infusion; it is used mainly for aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and adding rituximab gives R-EPOCH.
Epoché (ποχή)
Epoché (ἐποχή), suspension of judgment, is the central practice of Pyrrhonian skepticism: equipollent opposing arguments induce suspension, which brings tranquility (ataraxia). Distinct from Stoic assent to cognitive impressions; systematized by Sextus Empiricus.
Epode
An epode is the third part of a Greek lyric ode, and a poem form where a long line is followed by a shorter one, invented by Archilochus.
Epodes
The Epodes are a book of seventeen iambic poems by the Roman poet Horace, composed during the civil wars of 42–30 BCE and featuring Canidia, his best-known witch.
Epoetin alfa
Epoetin alfa (Epogen, Eprex, Procrit) is a recombinant human erythropoietin, a 165 amino acid glycoprotein made in CHO cells, first FDA-approved in 1989 for renal anemia; later indicated for HIV, chemotherapy, and surgery anemia, with biosimilars from 2007 (EU) and 2018 (US Retacrit).
Epoetin beta
Epoetin beta (Recormon, NeoRecormon) is a recombinant human erythropoietin made in CHO cells, approved in Europe in 1990 by Boehringer Mannheim and reformulated by Roche in 1997, used for renal and cancer anemia; not US-approved.
Epoetin delta
Epoetin delta (Dynepo) was the only epoetin made in a human cell line (HT-1080), EU-approved 18 March 2002 for anemia of chronic renal failure in adults and withdrawn 17 March 2009 for commercial reasons.
Epoetin theta
Epoetin theta (Eporatio, Biopoin) is a CHO-cell recombinant human erythropoietin approved by EMA in 2009 for symptomatic anemia in adults with chronic renal failure or non-myeloid cancer on chemotherapy, dosed 20,000 IU weekly.
Epoetin zeta
Epoetin zeta (Retacrit, Silapo; US name epoetin alfa-epbx) is a biosimilar recombinant human erythropoietin made in CHO cells, EU-authorized 18 December 2007 against epoetin alfa (Eprex/Erypo) and FDA-approved 2018, used for renal, chemotherapy-related, and surgical anemia.
Epoissum
Epoissum, also Eposium, was a Roman vicus or road station in Gallia Belgica on the Durocortorum to Augusta Treverorum road, 22 leugae from Vungo and 20 from Orolaunum, identified with modern Carignan, France.
Epokha
Epokha (Эпоха, "Epoch") was a monthly literary and political journal published in Saint Petersburg by the Dostoevsky brothers from 1864 to 1865, printing Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground.