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| eisegesis | the reading of one's own ideas into a text |
| eisoptromaniac | Someone who takes every possible opportunity to look at himself or herself in a mirror. |
| esoteric | Of or relating to that which is known by a restricted number of people. |
| metamorphosis | change of form or shape |
| metastasis | shift of disease from one part of the body to anothermetaphor, |
| metaphysics | the science of what is beyond the tangible |
| metapolitics | outside the realm of politics |
| metic | resident alien in an ancient Greek state |
| metonymy | Figure in which the name of one thing is used in place of another that is suggested by or associated with it (e.g. the Kremlin for "the Russian government") |
| amphiatlantic | Occurring on both sides of the Ocean |
| amphibia | A being that lives either in water or on land or is equally at home in either element. |
| amphicar | Floating convertible cars operating on both land and in water. |
| amphichromatic | The occurrence of different colored flowers on individual plants in different seasons. |
| amphiphobic | Denoting a molecule consisting of detergents or wetting agents that contains groups with characteristically different properties; for example both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. |
| amphiphyte | A plant able to live either rooted in damp soil above the water level or completely submerged. |
| amphipoda | An order or sub-order of the sessile-eyed Crustacea having feet of two kinds (in which they differ from the Isopoda) of which the common sand-hopper is an example. |
| amphitheater | An oval circular or semicicular auditorium with tiers of seats rising from a central open area |
| amphitrophic | Organisms that can grow either in the day photosynthetically; or at night chemotrophically. |
| amphivore | An animal including humans that eat both animal and vegetable foods. |
| Amphiarthrosis | A form of mixed articulation in which the surfaces of the bones are connected by broad discs of fibro-cartilage. |
| Amphoric | a metallic sound like that of blowing into a bottle caused by the reverberation of sound in a cavity of the lung. |
| Amphoteric | Substances neither acid nor alkaline such as glucose. |
| antihydropic | A reference to a medication used to treat the accumulation of fluid in the tissues; that is the results of dropsy or edematous states. |
| antifebrile | Drug or other agent that reduces fever. |
| antonym | Equal to instead of opposite |
| antinomy | Contradiction in the laws |
| antidote | Anything that works against an unwanted condition; a remedy or a cure: |
| anticline | Forming a ridge in which strata lean against each other inclining in opposite directions. |
| antagonism | Hostility or hatred causing opposition and ill will |
| Antiarthritic | A remedy against gout (an inflammation of the joints) |
| Antibrachium | The forearm |
| Antibromic | A drug that destroys offensive smells. A deodorizer |
| Antigalactic | Agents lessening the secretion of milk |
| Antipathy | Aversion. Applied to the treatment of disease by agents producing symptoms of an opposite nature to those of the affection |
| eubiotics | The study of living in a healthy state. |
| eudipsia | A normal thirst. |
| eugenics | The proposed improvement by permitting reproduction of only those with characteristics judged desirable. |
| euphagia | A normal and proper manner of eating |
| euphemism | An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive. |
| euphonic | The descriptive word for a pleasant sound |
| euphoria | A feeling of great happiness or well-being. |
| eupnea | Easy, free respiration; the type observed in a normal individual under resting conditions. |
| euthanasia | The deliberate ending of life in individuals with an incurable and painful disease. |
| eutrophy | In medicine, healthy or adequate nutrition or development; being well nourished. |
| Dystopia | an imaginary place of misery |
| Dyslexia | impairment of the ability to read words. |
| Dispareunia | Painful or difficult performance of copulation from physical incompatibility. |
| Dysæsthesia | Dullness of any sensation, especially that of touch. |
| Dysalbumose | Difficulty of walking. |
| Dyschromatopsia | Subnormal color-perception |
| Dysentery | A disease marked by inflammation of the large intestine, with bloody stools. |
| Dyslalia | A defect of speech due to organic changes or malformation in the organs of speech. |
| Dysmenorrhæla | Obstructed or difficult menstruation |
| Dyspepsia | Impaired or imperfect digestion |
| Dysspermia | An imperfect or abnormal condition of the semen. |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty or inability to swallow . |
| Dysphasia | Imperfect or disconnected speech arising from loss of or faulty arrangement of words. |
| Dysphonia | A condition of defective voice. |
| Dysphrasia | Imperfect speech. Mental condition in which the emotion is opposed to the words designed to express it. |
| Dyspnea | Difficult or labored breathing |
| Dystasia | Difficulty in standing. |
| Dystrophia | Imperfect or faulty nourishment |
| Dysuria | Partial or painful urination. |
| engender | to implant; produce in something/ someone |
| entice | to stir up (fire) in; to excite; incite |
| entropy | measure of the disorder in a system |
| environ | to surround; enclose; encircle |
| enclave | surrounded by land owned by another |
| encumber | to block in/ up; hinder; thwart |
| endemic | native; dwelling in (a place); of or belonging to a people |
| disenfranchise | to not admit to membership in a state |
| encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain; usually caused by a viral infection. |
| encircle | To move or to go around completely; to make a circuit of. |
| enzootic | Afflicting animals; disease restricted to a locality. |
| prosthesis | addition of a letter or syllable to a word |
| prosopopeia | A rhetorical figure in which an imaginary or absent person is made to speak or act. |
| Prosencephalon | That part of the anterior cerebral vesicle developing into the hemispheres |
| Prosopectasia | Morbid enlargement of the face |
| Prosopology | A treatise on facial expression; or physiognomy |
| Prosthetic | The use of artificial instruments to replace lost or wanting parts of the body |
| perigee | point at which a celestial body is nearest the Earth |
| perihelion | point at which a celestial body is nearest the Sun |
| perimeter | line around a figure or surface |
| perineum | region of the body between the anus and the genital organs |
| peristyle | row of columns surrounding a building |
| pericardium | (membrane) around the heart |
| peripatetic | pertaining to the disciples or philosophy of Aristotle ("given to walking about") Aristotle's custom was to teach while strolling through the Lyceum in Athens. In English the philosophical meaning is older than that of "person who wanders about" |
| periphery | outside boundary of a surface |
| periscope | viewing apparatus on a submarine |
| periodontal | around the tooth |
