En´si-form. Shaped like a sword.

Ep´i-si-ot´´o-my. Surgical incision of the vulvar orifice laterally for obstetric purposes.

E-ro´sion. An eating or gnawing away.

Er´y-the´´ma. A morbid redness of the skin due to congestion of the capillaries, of many varieties.

E´ti-ol´´o-gy. The study or theory of the causation of any disease.

Ex-co´´ri-a´tion. Any superficial loss of substance such as that produced on the skin by scratching.

Ex´os-mo´´sis (Ex-os-mose). Diffusion or osmosis from within outward.

Ex-san´guin-a´´tion. An exhaustion of the blood from a part or the whole of the body.

Ex-trac´tion. The process or act of pulling or drawing out, particularly the removal of a child by pulling either with hands or forceps.

Ex´tra-u´´ter-ine. Situated or occurring outside of the uterus.