EO -abbr
- executive order
eo- -comb form
- earliest : oldest
Eo·cene ['ē-ə-,sēn] -adj, n
- of, relating to, or being an epoch of the Tertiary between the Paleocene and the Oligocene or the corresponding series of rocks
EOE -abbr
- equal opportunity employer
eo·hip·pus [,ē-ō-'hi-pəs] -n
- any of a genus ( Hyracotheriumsyn. Eohippus) of very small primitive horses from the Lower Eocene having 4-toed forefeet and 3-toed hind feet called also dawn horse
eo·lian [ē-'ō-lē-ən, -'ōl-yən] -adj
- borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by the wind
eo·lith ['ē-ə-,lith] -n
- a very crudely chipped flint
Eo·lith·ic [,ē-ə-'li-thik] -adj
- of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths
EOM -abbr
- end of month
eon ['ē-ən, 'ē-,än] -n
(variant of aeon)
- an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age
- a very large division of geologic time usu. longer than an era
- a unit of geologic time equal to one billion years
eo no·mi·ne [,ē-ō-'nä-mə-nē]
- by or under that name
Eos ['ē-,äs] -n
- the Greek goddess of dawn
eo·sin ['ē-ə-sən] -n
- a red fluorescent dye C 20H 8Br 4O 5obtained by the action of bromine on fluorescein and used esp. in cosmetics and as a toner
- its red to brown sodium or potassium salt used esp. as a biological stain for cytoplasmic structures
- any of several dyes related to eosin
eo·sin·o·phil [,ē-ə-'si-nə-,fil] -adj
- eosinophilic
eosinophil -n
- a granulocyte readily stained by eosin that is present at sites of allergic reactions and parasitic infections
eo·sin·o·phil·ia [-,si-nə-'fi-lē-ə] -n
- abnormal increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood that is characteristic of allergic states and various parasitic infections
eo·sin·o·phil·ic [-,si-nə-'fi-lik] -adj
- staining readily with eosin
- of, relating to, or characterized by eosinophilia