epi-
epi-
Definition
epi- (ep′i, -ə)
on, upon, over, on the outside, anterior, beside, besides, among: it becomes ep- before a vowel and, as eph-, reflects original combining with a word containing an initial aspirate, represented by English h epiglottis, epidemic, epidermis
Etymology: < Gr epi, at, on, to, upon, over, besides < IE base *epi > Sans ápi, L ob
Browse dictionary entries near epi-
- Ephraimite
- Ephraim
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- ephod
- Ephesus
- Ephesians
- Ephesian
- ephemeron
- ephemeris
- ephemerid
- epibenthos
- epiblast
- epiboly
- epic
- epicalyx
- epicanthus
- epicardium
- epicarp
- epicedium
- epicene
