Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-ectasisA word ending that means stretching out or widening.

-ectomyA word ending that means surgical removal.

-edemaA word ending that means swelling caused by fluid in the tissues.

-emesisA word ending that means vomiting.

-emiaA word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.

-esthesiaA word ending that means feeling or sensation.

ecto-A word beginning that means outside or outer.

electr/oA word part that means electricity or electrical activity.

encephal/oA word part that means brain.

endo-A word beginning that means inside or within.

enter/oA word part that means intestine, usually the small intestine.

epi-A word beginning that means on, upon, above or outer.

episi/oA word root that means the vulva, the outer female genital area.

erythr/oA word root that means red.

esophag/oA word root that means the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach.

esthesi/oA word part that means feeling or sensation.

eu-A word beginning that means good, normal or well.

ex-A word beginning that means out, out of or away from.

extra-A word beginning that means outside or beyond.