United States presidential transition. United States presidential transition is the transfer of federal executive branch power from the incumbent President of the United States to the president-elect, during the period of time between election day in November (on the first Tuesday after November 1), and inauguration day on the following January 20.
endotoxic shock. Septic shock due to release of endotoxins by gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxins are lipopolysaccharides in the cell walls that are released during both reproduction and destruction of the bacteria.
Endothermic: a reaction or process which absorbs heat from its surroundings. Exothermic: a reaction or process which gives off heat to its surroundings. The problem comes in trying to state which specific examples of reactions are which, because usually a lot of things are going on at the same time.