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ephemeris. 1  a table showing the positions of a heavenly body on a number of dates in a regular sequence. 2  an astronomical almanac containing such tables. 3  Archaic. an almanac or calendar.
Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a term that describes the swelling or inflammation of the epiploic appendices. The term epiploic appendagitis came into existence in 1956. Knowledge of the condition, however, stretches to about a century before then, when German physician Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow studied the results of defective epiploic appendices.