Emissary
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The word emissary (Latin emissarium, from ex and mittere, to send out) applies to:
- a person sent on a mission as a representative of another person.
- a channel designed to drain a lake: see Emissary (hydraulics).
- "Any of various venous channels through the skull that connect the venous sinuses of the dura mater with veins external to the skull" (American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary): see Emissary veins.
Two Star Trek episodes:
- Emissary (DS9 episode). the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- The Emissary (TNG episode), a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
The company name of a Contract Research Organization (CRO) located in Austin, Texas providing clinical development services to pharmaceutical and medical device companies. See Emissary.com