Medical Vocabulary - E

Question 1

-eal

Answer 1

pertaining to

Question 2

ec-

Answer 2

out, away

Question 3

ect(o)-

Answer 3

outer, outside; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

Question 4

-ectasis

Answer 4

expansion, dilation; BRONCHIECTASIS

Question 5

-ectomy

Answer 5

denotes a surgical operation or removal of a body part; MASTECTOMY

Question 6

-emesis

Answer 6

vomiting condition; HEMATEMESIS

Question 7

-emia

Answer 7

blood condition; ANEMIA

Question 8

encephal(o)-

Answer 8

of or pertaining to the brain; ENCEPHALOGRAM

Question 9

endo-

Answer 9

denotes something as inside or within; ENDOCRINOLOGY, ENDOSPORE

Question 10

enter(o)-

Answer 10

of or pertaining to the intestine; GASTROENTEROLOGY

Question 11

epi-

Answer 11

before, upon, on, outside, outside of; EPISTAXIS, EPICARDIUM, EPISCLERA, EPIDURAL

Question 12

episi(o)-

Answer 12

of or pertaining to the pubic region, the loins; EPISIOTOMY

Question 13

erythr(o)-

Answer 13

denotes a red color; ERYTHROCYTE

Question 14

-esophageal

esophago

Answer 14

gullet

Question 15

esthesio-

Answer 15

sensation

Question 16

eu-

Answer 16

true, good, well, new; EUKARYOTE

Question 17

ex-

Answer 17

out of, away from

Question 18

exo-

Answer 18

dentoes something as outside another; EXOSKELETON

Question 19

extra-

Answer 19

outside