Definition of external

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External (a.) Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body..

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External :: External (a.) Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
Cerate :: Cerate (n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin..
Screw :: Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or,
External :: External (a.) Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
Self-motion :: Self-motion (n.) Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion..
Apparel :: Apparel (n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
Marsupialia :: Marsupialia (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata..
Mailed :: Mailed (a.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates..
Externalize :: Externalize (v. t.) To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Labrum :: Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.
Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body..
Extern :: Extern (a.) External; outward; not inherent.
Intromittent :: Intromittent (a.) Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females..
Menobranchus :: Menobranchus (n.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus, having permanent external gills..
Self-moved :: Self-moved (a.) Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse..
Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected..
Antitragus :: Antitragus (n.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear..
Cortical :: Cortical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney..
Sensation :: Sensation (n.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.
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