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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-

  1. ‹ Ephraimite
  2. ‹ Ephraim
  3. ‹ ephor
  4. ‹ ephod
  5. ‹ Ephesus
  6. ‹ Ephesians
  7. ‹ Ephesian
  8. ‹ ephemeron
  9. ‹ ephemeris
  10. ‹ ephemerid
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  6. epicanthus ›
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