M Flashcards
1
Q
macro-
A
large
2
Q
mal-
A
bad
3
Q
-malacia
A
softening
4
Q
malleol/o
A
malleolus
5
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
6
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jaw bone)
7
Q
-mania
A
obsessive preoccupation
8
Q
-masesis
A
mastication, chewing
9
Q
mast/o
A
breast
10
Q
mastoid/o
A
mastoid process (behind the ear)
11
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
12
Q
meat/o
A
meatus (opening)
13
Q
medi/o
A
middle
14
Q
medic/o
A
to heal
15
Q
mediastin/o
A
mediastinum
16
Q
medi/o
A
middle
17
Q
medull/o
A
medulla (inner section), middle, soft marrow
18
Q
mega-
A
large
19
Q
-megaly
A
enlargment
20
Q
melan/o
A
black
21
Q
mel/o
A
limbs
22
Q
men/o
A
menses, menstruation
23
Q
mening/o
A
meninges
24
Q
meningi/o
A
meninges
25
ment/o
mind, chin
26
mer/o
part
27
meso-
middle
28
meta-
change, berond
29
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
30
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
31
-meter
measure
32
method/o
procedure, technique
33
metr/o
uterus (womb) or measure
34
-metry
process of measuring
35
mi/o
smaller, less
36
micro-
small
37
-mimesis
imitation, simulaiton
38
-mimetic
mimic, copy
39
-mission
to send
40
-mnesia
memory
41
mogi-
difficult
42
mon/o
single
43
morph/o
shape, form
44
mort/o
death
45
-mortem
death
46
-motor
movement
47
muc/o
mucus
48
mucos/o
mucous membrane (mucosa)
49
multi-
many
50
muscul/o
muscle
51
myco/o
fungus
52
mydr/o
wide
53
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
54
myocardi/o
myocardium
55
myom/o
muscle tumor
56
myos/o
muscle
57
myring/o
tympanic membrane
58
myx/o
mucus