Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, Combing Forms "M"
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macr/o- | large
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macul/o- | small area or spot
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magnet/o- | magnet
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mal- | bad; inadequate
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-malacia | condition of softening
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malac/o- | softening
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malign/o- | intentionally causing harm; cancer
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malle/o- | malleus (hammer-shaped bone)
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malleol/o- | malleolus
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mamm/a- | breast
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mammo/- | breast
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mandibul/o- | mandible (lower jaw)
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-mania | condition of frenzy
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man/o- | thin; frenzy
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manu/o- | hand
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mastic/o- | chewing
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mastoid/o- | breast; mastoid process
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matur/o- | mature
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maxill/o- | maxilla (upper jaw)
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mediastin/o- | mediastinum
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medic/o- | physician; medicine
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medull/o- | medulla (inner region)
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meg/a- | large
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megal/o- | large
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-megaly | enlargement
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melan/o- | black
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melen/o- | black
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meningi/o- | meninges
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mening/o- | meninges
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menisc/o- | meniscus (crescent-shaped cartilage)
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men/o- | month
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menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood
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-ment | action; state
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ment/o- | mind; chin
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mesenter/o- | mesentery
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mesi/o- | middle
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meso- | middle
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meta- | after; subsequent to; transition; change
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metabol/o- | change; transformation
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-meter | instrument used to measure
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metri/o- | uterus (womb)
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metr/o- | measurement; uterus (womb)
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-metry | process of measuring
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micr/o- | one millionth; small
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micturi/o- | making urine
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mid- | middle
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-mileusis | process of carving
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mineral/o- | mineral; electrolyte
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mi/o- | narrowing
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mit/o- | threadlike structure
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mitr/o- | structure like a miter (tall hat with two points)
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mitt/o- | to send
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mon/o- | one; single
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morbid/o- | disease
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morb/o- | disease
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morph/o- | shape
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mort/o- | death
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motil/o- | movement
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mot/o- | movement
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-motor | thing that produces movement
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muc/o- | mucus
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mucos/o- | mucous membrane
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mult/i- | many
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muscul/o- | muscle
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mutat/o- | to change
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myc/o- | fungus
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mydr/o- | widening
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myelin/o- | myelin
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myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin
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my/o- | muscle
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myop/o- | near
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myos/o- | muscle
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myring/o- | tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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myx/o- | mucus-like substance
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