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Ebstein's anomaly

Ebstein malformation of the tricuspid valve (Ebstein anomaly), a rare congenital heart defect with apically displaced tricuspid leaflets and atrialized right ventricle; described by Wilhelm Ebstein in 1866, treated by cone repair.

Ebstorf Map

The Ebstorf Map was a giant medieval mappa mundi made on about thirty sewn parchment skins at Ebstorf convent, and was destroyed by fire in 1943.

Ebûbekirefendizâde Ahmed Efendi

Ebûbekirefendizâde Ahmed Efendi (1686–1767) was an Ottoman ilmiye scholar who served as şeyhülislam, head of the religious establishment, from 1761 to 1762 under Sultan Mustafa III.

Ebûishak İsmâil Efendi

Ebûishak İsmâil Efendi (1645–1725) was an Ottoman scholar who served as şeyhülislâm, the empire's chief mufti, under Sultan Ahmed III from 1716 until his dismissal in 1718.

Ebûishakzâde İshak Efendi

Ebûishakzâde İshak Efendi (1679–1734) was an Ottoman scholar, judge, and poet who served as şeyhülislâm, head of the Ottoman religious establishment, from 1733 until his death.

Ebuka Okorie

Ebuka Okorie (Chukwuebuka Charles Okorie, born 2007, Nashua, NH) is an American NBA point guard for the Detroit Pistons, drafted 17th overall in 2026 by Oklahoma City after leading ACC scoring at 23.2 ppg as a Stanford freshman.

Ebülmeyâmin Mustafa Efendi

Ebülmeyâmin Mustafa Efendi (1546–1606) was an Ottoman ulema statesman who twice served as şeyhülislâm, the Ottoman state's chief mufti, earning his honorific as kadı of Istanbul for protecting the city during grain shortages.

Ebulobo

Ebulobo (Amburombu, Keo Peak) is a 2,096 m symmetrical stratovolcano in central Flores, Indonesia, with seven eruptions since 1830, last in 1969, plus 2013 and 2017 unrest and nearby Mataloko geothermal springs.

Eburneo

Eburneo (FEOW ecoregion 514) is a West African freshwater ecoregion covering the Comoé, Bandama, and Sassandra basins of Côte d'Ivoire, with Nilo-Sudanian fish fauna, low endemism, and Endangered status.

Eburones

The Eburones were a Germanic tribe of northern Gaul between the Meuse and Rhine, ruled by Ambiorix and Catuvolcus, who destroyed a Roman legion and a half in 54 BC before Caesar's revenge campaigns nearly annihilated them.

Eburru, Ol Doinyo

Ol Doinyo Eburru (Eburru) is a Quaternary peralkaline volcanic complex, 2,856 m, in the central Kenyan Rift northwest of Lake Naivasha, with fumarolic activity, no confirmed Holocene eruptions, and a geothermal field with a 2.4 MWe plant.

Eburum

Eburum, ancient Lucanian settlement at modern Eboli in Salerno province, Italy; its people, the Eburini, appear in Pliny (NH 3.98) and Sallust, and it was a Roman municipium.

Ebûsaid Mehmed Efendi

Ebûsaid Mehmed Efendi (Ebû Saîd Mehmed Efendi, 1593/94–1662) was an Ottoman scholar of the Hocazâde family who served three times as şeyhülislâm in the mid-17th century.

Ebûsaidzâde Feyzullah Efendi

Ebûsaidzâde Feyzullah Efendi (1631–1698) was an Ottoman scholar and son of Şeyhülislâm Ebûsaid Mehmed Efendi who twice held the office of şeyhülislâm, from 1690 to 1694, before dismissal and exile.

Ebussuud Efendi

Ebussuud Efendi (ابو السعود افندي), also known as Hoca Chelebi, was the Ottoman Empire's chief jurist, serving as sheyhulislam under Suleyman I from 1545 to 1574.

Ebute Ikorodu

Ebute Ikorodu, also recorded as Awja-Ikoradu or Ebute-Egga, is a populated place in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria, at about 6.60°N 3.48°E on the Lagos Lagoon shore, home to the Ebute/Ipakodo ferry jetty.

Ebüzziya Tevfik

Ebüzziya Tevfik (Ebüzziyâ Mehmed Tevfik, 1849–1913) was an Ottoman journalist, publisher, and calligrapher, a central figure of the late Ottoman press who founded the Matbaa-i Ebüzziyâ printing house in Istanbul and exiled twice.

EC Comics

EC Comics, American comic publisher founded 1946 as Educational Comics by Max Gaines, renamed Entertaining Comics 1950 under Bill Gaines; famed for Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and Mad, ended by the 1954 Comics Code, revived by Oni Press.

EC regimen (chemotherapy)

The EC regimen is a two-drug chemotherapy combination of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide, used mainly as neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment for breast cancer over 3 to 6 cycles.

EC-Council Certified Security Analyst

EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) is a mid-level penetration testing certification from EC-Council that follows Certified Ethical Hacker and teaches a structured penetration testing methodology.

EC-Earth

EC-Earth is a global Earth system climate model developed by a European consortium of meteorological services and research institutes, founded in 2006 and contributing to CMIP climate comparisons.

EC50

EC50 (half maximal effective concentration) is the agonist concentration producing a response halfway between baseline and maximum; the standard potency measure in pharmacology, derived from the 1910 Hill equation, distinct from IC50 and Kd.

Eça de Queirós

Eça de Queirós, born José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (1845–1900), was a Portuguese novelist and diplomat regarded as the leading realist in Portuguese literature.

ECA stack

ECA stack: ephedrine, caffeine, and aspirin combination promoted for weight loss and athletic performance. Modest short-term fat loss (~2 lb/month with ephedrine plus caffeine), 2-3x side-effect risk; ephedra supplements banned by FDA in 2004.

Ecabet

Ecabet is a diterpenoid anti-ulcer drug, marketed in Japan as ecabet sodium, taken orally for gastric ulcers and gastritis and studied for eliminating H. pylori.

eCall

eCall is an in-vehicle emergency call system that automatically dials 112 after a severe accident, transmitting the vehicle's location and opening a voice link to responders.

Ecallantide

Ecallantide (Kalbitor, DX-88) is a recombinant 60-amino-acid plasma kallikrein inhibitor (Ki 25 pM) injected subcutaneously, 30 mg, for acute hereditary angioedema attacks; US-only approval (2009), boxed warning for anaphylaxis (4%).

Ecarin clotting time

The ecarin clotting time (ECT) is a coagulation assay using ecarin, venom of the saw-scaled viper, to measure direct thrombin inhibitors such as dabigatran and hirudin.

Ecarte

Ecarte (écarté) is a two-player French trick-taking card game with a 32-card pack, five-card hands, a turned trump, and exchange of cards; a 19th-century Paris gambling game related to euchre.

ECARX (亿咖通科技)

ECARX (亿咖通科技) is an automotive technology company co-founded in 2017 by Ziyu Shen and Geely founder Eric Li that supplies cockpit computing platforms to carmakers including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.