| ecto- |
outside; outer. |
| ectoderm |
an animal embryo's outermost layer of cells, from which the skin, nervous system, and sense organs develop. |
| ectomorphic |
of a slender, lightly muscled body structure. (Cf. endomorphic, mesomorphic.) |
| -ectomy |
removal by surgery; excision. |
| ectopic |
out of the normal place, as an organ of the body or a pregnancy. |
| ectopic pregnancy |
a pregnancy in which a fertilized ovum begins developing outside the uterus, as in a fallopian tube. |
| ectoplasm |
the outer part of the material surrounding the nucleus of a cell. (Cf. endoplasm.) |
| ectoplasmic |
pertaining to or associated with the ectoplasm. |
| Ecuador |
a South American country on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru. |
| ecumenical |
of or relating to unity, or efforts to achieve unity, among all the Christian religions. [2 definitions] |
| ecumenicism |
see "ecumenism." |
| ecumenism |
a movement to unify Christianity. |
| eczema |
a skin disease that causes redness, itching, and scaly or crusty sores. |
| -ed |
used to form the past tense and past participle of regular verbs. [3 definitions] |
| ed. |
abbreviation of "editor," "edited," or "edition." [2 definitions] |
| Edam |
a hard, mild, yellow cheese formed in rounds and usu. covered with red wax. |
| Ed.D. |
abbreviation of "Doctor of Education." |
| Edda |
either of two early Icelandic literary works, one a collection of religious and mythological poems, and the other a summary of Norse mythology and a manual on poetry. |
| eddy |
a small current of water, air, fog, dust, or the like that moves contrary to the main current, esp. rotating like a whirlpool. [2 definitions] |
| edelweiss |
a small plant of the Alps, having whitish woolly leaves and bearing white flowers. |
| edema |
an abnormal accumulation of watery fluid in tissues or cavities of the body. |