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Ec
- ec- (Greek: out of, away from; used as a prefix)
- ecclesi-, ecclesiastico- (Greek: called out; church)
- ecdemo-, ecdem- (Greek: away from home)
- echidno-, echidn- (Greek: viper)
- echino-, echin- (Greek: spiny, prickly; sea urchin; hedgehog; [spiny] seed husk)
- echo-, ech- (Greek: sound, noise; especially a returned sound; repetition, imitation)
- eco-, oeco- (house, household affairs; environment) words: autecology to economy, part 1 of 2.
- eco-, oeco- (house, household affairs; environment) words: eco-organ to synoecy, part 2 of 2.
- ecto-, ect- (Greek: outside, external, beyond)
- -ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize (Greek: a suffix; cut, surgical removal of)
- ectro- (Greek: abortion, untimely birth; primarily used to mean "congenital absence" or "defect" of a part which is normally present)
Ed
- eda- (Greek: soil)
- ede-, edema-, oedema- (Greek: swell, swelling)
- ede-, edeo-, edo-, aedoeo-, aedoe-, aidoio-, aidoi- (Greek: genitals; pertaining to the external genitals; privy parts, pudenta)
- edif- (Latin: to build, to erect a building; a building, sanctuary, temple; originally, "to build a hearth")
Ee
Eg
Ei
El
- -el (Latin: a suffix; little)
- elasmo- (Greek: to drive, strike, beat out; general application is "beaten metal, metal plate")
- -elc- (Greek: a suffix; ulcer, sore)
- electro-, electr-, electri- (Latin: electric, electricity [amber, resembling amber], generated from amber which when rubbed vigorously [as by friction], produced the effect of static electricity, as described by Dr. William Gilbert [1540-1603] in a treatise on the magnet in 1600)
- eleo-, elaeo-, elaio- (Greek: oil, olive oil)
- eleuthero-, eleuther- (Greek: free, freedom)
- -ellus, -ella, -ellum (Latin: a suffix; little)
- elysian (Latin: [from Greek, Elysium] the abode of the happy souls after death)
- elytro-, elytr-, elytri- (Greek: covering, wrapping; by extension, "sheath, casing" and "sheath, vagina")
Em
- em- (Greek: in)
- embolo-, embol-, emboli- (Greek > Latin: that which is thrust into something; wedge, stopper; interpolation, obstruction; from "throw in" or "throw into")
- emesi-, -emea, -emesis, eme- (Greek: vomit; barf; puke; regurgitate)
- emeto-, emet-, emeti-, -emetic (Greek: vomit, regurgitate)
- -emia, -aemia (Greek: a suffix; blood, usually a diseased condition of the blood)
- empori- (Greek > Latin: traveler, trader, merchant; a trading place, market; pertaining to trade or traveling)
En
- en-, em-, el- (Greek: in, into, inward; within; used as a prefix)
- enantio- [en- plus anti--] (Greek: opposite, opposing, over against)
- -ence, -ency (Latin: a suffix; state, quality, or condition of)
- encephalo-, encephal- (Greek: brain; that which is inside the head)
- endo-, end- [before vowels or "h"] (Greek: within, inside, into, in, on, inner; used as a prefix)
- endocrino-, endocrin- (Greek: pertaining to internal secretion or to the bodily organs responsible for internal secretion)
- endothelio- (Greek > Latin: layer of simple cells lining the inner surface of the circulatory organs)
- eneto-, enet- (Greek: injection)
- ennea-, enne- (Greek: nine)
- -enni, -ennial, -ennium (Latin: a suffix; year, years)
- enso-, ens- (Latin: sword)
- -ent, -(ient)
- entero-, enter- (Greek: intestine, gut)
- ento-, ent- [before vowels or "h"] (Greek: within, inside, inner; used as a prefix)
- entomo-, entom- (Greek: insect, bug; literally, "cut up, cut in pieces"; an insect because it appears to be segmented)
Eo
Ep
- epano-, epan- (Greek: again; occurring in some rhetorical terms)
- epeiro-, epeir-, epiro-, epir- (Greek: land; mainland; continent)
- ependymo-, ependym- (Greek > Latin: membrane lining the central canal of the spinal cord and the ventricles of the brain)
- epi-, ep- [before vowels or "h"] (Greek: above, over, on, upon; besides; in addition to; toward; among; used as a prefix)
- epiro- (Greek: land, mainland)
- episio-, episi- (Greek: denotes the vulva or region of the pubes)
- epistemo-, epistem- (Greek: knowledge, understand, believe)
- epsilon (Greek: the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet)
Eq
Er
- eremo-, erem-, eremi- (Greek: lonely, solitary; hermit; desert)
- ereuth- (Greek: the color red; blushing)
- ergasio-, ergasi-, ergas-, ergat- (Greek: work)
- ergo-, erg- (Greek: work)
- erio- (Greek: wool)
- -ernus (Latin: a suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives meaning "belonging to")
- eros- (Latin: gnawed off, consumed)
- eroto-, ero- (love, sexual passion) words: alloerotism to homo-erotic
- err-, errat- (Latin: wander, stray, rove)
- eruci-, eruc- (Latin: caterpillar)
- erythro-, erythr- (Greek: the color red, ruddy; blushing)
Es
- -esce, -escent, -escence (Latin: a suffix; beginning to be, becoming; to be somewhat)
- eschato-, eschat- (Greek: last, furthest, remotest, outermost)
- -ese (Latin: an enzyme that accelerates synthetic action as used in chemistry)
- -ese (Latin: names of nations or their language)
- -esis (Latin: process of action)
- eso-, es-, eis- (Greek: inward, into; within)
- esophago-, esophag- (Greek: gullet, throat [passage from the mouth to the stomach], that which carries food; the path along which food travels from the mouth to the stomach)
- estiv-, aestiv- (Latin: pertaining to summer; heat)
Et
- -et (French: a suffix; small)
- eta (Greek: the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet)
- ethero-, ether-, aethero-, aether-, aither-(Greek > Latin: burn, shine, to kindle; light up; the heavens; the upper air, the sky)
- ethmo-, ethm- (Greek: strainer, sieve)
- ethno-, ethn- (Greek: people, race, nation; group of people living together; community, family)
- etho-, eth-, ethi- (Greek: custom, habit; character, manners; usage)
- ethyl- (Greek: upper air, purer air [alcohol and sufuric acid])
- etio-, aetio- [British: aetio-, atio-] (Greek: cause, causation, originating, that which causes or originates something)
- -ette, -et (French: a suffix; small)
- etym- (Greek: truth, true meaning, real [the root meaning, true meaning or literal meaning of a word])
Eu
Ev
Ex
- ex- (e-, ef-)
- ex-, ec-, e- (Greek: out of, out, outside; away from; used as a prefix)
- exa- [EKS uh] (Greek: from hexa-, "six"; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
- excito- (Latin: to summon forth, arouse, stimulate; used in the sense of "stimulating")
- exo-, ex- (Greek: outer, outside, external; used as a prefix)
- extra-, extro- (Latin: beyond, outside, on the outside, outward, external; used as a prefix)
- extro- (Latin: beyond, outside; used as a prefix)
- exulans, exulant, exulate words: taxonomic terms
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