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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 |