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Medical Roots M-O
Word Parts
Meaning | Word Part |
---|---|
male | andr/o |
many | multi-, poly- |
measure | metr/o |
measurement of | -metry |
medulla oblongata | medull/o |
melanin | melan/o |
meninges | mening/o, meninge/o |
menstruation | men/o, mens |
middle | meso- |
milk | galact/o, lact/o |
mimicking | -mimetic |
mind | psych/o |
mold | myc/o |
molding | -plasia |
month | men/o, mens |
mouth | or/o, stoma, stomat/o |
movement | kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o |
much | poly- |
mucus | muc/o, myx/o |
mucous membrane | muc/o |
muscle | my/o, muscul/o |
nail | onych/o |
narrowing | stenosis |
near | ad-, juxta-, para- |
neck | cervic/o |
nerve, nervous system | neur/o, neur/i |
network | reticul/o |
neuroglia | gli/o |
new | neo- |
night | noct/i, nyct/o |
nipple | papill/o |
nitrogen compound | azot/o |
none | nulli- |
normal | eu-, normo- |
nose | nas/o, rhin/o |
not | a-, an-, in-, im-, un- |
nourishment | -trophy, -trophia |
nucleus | kary/o |
obsession | mania |
old | presby- |
one | mon/o-, uni- |
one side | hemi- |
opening (created surgically) | -stomy |
origin | gen, genesis |
other | hetero- |
out, outside | ecto-, ex/o, extra- |
outer portion | cortic/o |
ovary | ovari/o, oophor/o |
over | hyper-, epi- |
oviduct | salping/o |
ovum | oo, ov/o |
oxygen | oxy, -oxia |