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EDICT syndrome
EDICT syndrome, an acronym for its main features, is a rare autosomal dominant eye disorder caused by a microRNA mutation, producing congenital cataracts, corneal thinning, and iris hypoplasia.
Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels
The Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels (異国船打払令, Ikokusen Uchiharai-rei) was an 1825 Edo shogunate decree ordering that all foreign ships approaching Japan be fired upon and driven off.
Edicts of Ashoka
Edicts of Ashoka: 33 inscriptions on pillars, rocks, and cave walls by Mauryan emperor Ashoka (r. 268-232 BCE), mostly in Prakrit Brahmi, proclaiming Dhamma after the Kalinga War; deciphered by James Prinsep in 1837.
Edicts Seeking the Worthy (Qiu xian ling)
The Edicts Seeking the Worthy (求贤令) were recruitment decrees issued by the warlord Cao Cao from 210, calling for men of ability regardless of moral reputation.
Edie Adams
Edie Adams (Elizabeth Edith Enke, 1927-2008), American singer, actress, and comedienne, Tony winner for Li'l Abner, Muriel cigars pitchwoman, and widow of comedian Ernie Kovacs.
Edie Brickell
Edie Brickell (born 1966, Dallas) is an American singer-songwriter, lead singer of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians of "What I Am" fame, Paul Simon's wife, and Steve Martin's Grammy-winning collaborator on Love Has Come for You and Bright Star.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, also called the New Bohemians, is an alternative rock band formed in Dallas, Texas in 1985, known for the 1988 Top Ten hit "What I Am" and albums including Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, Ghost of a Dog, Rocket, and Hunter and the Dog Star.
Edie Britt
Edie Britt is the serial-divorcee real estate agent on Wisteria Lane in ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), played by Nicollette Sheridan in seasons 1-5 and killed off in season 5 amid a wrongful-termination lawsuit.
Edie Falco
Edie Falco (born 1963), American actress known as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos, Diane Whittlesey in Oz, and Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie; four-time Emmy winner, two Golden Globes, five SAG Awards, Tony nominee.
Edie McClurg
Edie McClurg is an American character actress and voice actress born in 1951. She is best known for playing cheery Middle American women, notably Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
Edie Sedgwick
Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), American socialite, model, and Warhol superstar, muse of Andy Warhol at the Factory from March 1965 to January 1966, star of Poor Little Rich Girl and Outer and Inner Space, inspiration for Bob Dylan songs, died of barbiturate overdose at 28.
Edifenphos
Edifenphos (EDDP, Hinosan), CAS 17109-49-8, is an organophosphorus rice fungicide controlling blast, ear blight, and stem rot by inhibiting phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; introduced 1966, now not approved in the EU or US.
Edifício Copan
Edifício Copan is a large curved residential building in central São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1951 and completed in 1966, with about 5,000 residents.
Edige
Edige (also Yedige or Edigu) is a Turkic heroic epic, or dastan, about Edigu, the emir who led the Golden Horde from 1395 to 1419 and founded the Nogai Horde.
EdiGene (博雅辑因)
EdiGene (博雅辑因) is a Chinese gene-editing therapeutics company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Beijing, with subsidiaries in Guangzhou and Cambridge, Massachusetts, developing CRISPR-based therapies including ET-01 for beta-thalassemia.
Edigu
Edigu (Едигей) was a statesman and military commander of the Golden Horde who effectively ruled it under the khans of 1400–1412, and whose 1408 raid on Moscow forced Rus to resume paying tribute.
Edigu's campaigns
Edigu's campaigns were the military operations of Edigu, the Manghit emir who ruled the Golden Horde's left wing from 1395 to 1419 without ever taking the title of khan.
Edigu's raid on Moscow
Edigu's raid on Moscow (Поход Едигея на Москву) was a 1408 Golden Horde invasion under Edigu that burned Moscow's posad but failed to take the Kremlin.
Edigu's siege of Moscow
Edigu's siege of Moscow (Нашествие Едигея) was the Golden Horde's 1408 invasion under emir Edigu, which burned Russian towns but failed to take the Kremlin.
Edik Beddoes
Edik Beddoes is a Canadian actor, street cast for his debut as Jeremy in Sophy Romvari's Blue Heron (2025); he won a 2026 Golden Firebird Best Actor award and a Canadian Screen Award nomination.
Edikted
Edikted is a private online fast-fashion brand for Generation Z, founded in Tel Aviv in 2020 by former Adika executives and headquartered in Los Angeles.
Edin Džeko
Edin Džeko, born 1986 in Sarajevo, is a Bosnian striker at Schalke 04 and Bosnia and Herzegovina's record scorer (74 goals) and most capped player (152), a Bundesliga, Premier League, and Coppa Italia winner who played at the 2014 and 2026 World Cups.
Edin's Hall Broch
Edin's Hall Broch (Edinshall Broch), a rare lowland Scottish Iron Age broch or large roundhouse on Cockburn Law, Berwickshire, set in a hillfort, with copper ingots indicating wealth from local mines.
Edina, Minnesota
Edina, Minnesota: first-ring Hennepin County suburb southwest of Minneapolis, population 53,494. Known for the 1924 Thorpe Brothers Country Club District, racial covenants, 2018 Comprehensive Plan, and Southdale Library rebuild.
Edinburg, Texas
Edinburg, Texas, county seat of Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley, founded as Chapin in 1908 and renamed 1911. Population about 110,700 (2025 estimate); major employers include DHR Health, UTRGV, and Edinburg CISD.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann), Scotland's capital and council area, had 531,370 people in 2025, a UNESCO-listed Old and New Town, major festivals, and the UK's highest employment rate among major cities.
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport, also known as Edinburgh International Airport, is Scotland's busiest commercial airport at Turnhouse, about 9 km west of the city center, with a single runway and terminal.
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle, also known as the Castle of the Maidens, is a fortress on Castle Rock in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the country's most visited paid tourist attraction.
Edinburgh Castle Rockers
The Edinburgh Castle Rockers are a Scottish professional T20 cricket franchise competing in the European T20 Premier League since its inaugural 2026 season, captained by New Zealand's Mitchell Santner.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Edinburgh Fringe): open-access performing arts festival held each August in Edinburgh since 1947, when eight uninvited companies played alongside the first Edinburgh International Festival; now the world's largest arts festival, run by the Fringe Society charity.