M Flashcards
macro-
large
mal-
bad
-malacia
softening
malleol/o
malleolus
mamm/o
breast
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
-masesis
mastication, chewing
mast/o
breast
mastoid/o
mastoid process (behind the ear)
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
meat/o
meatus (opening)
medi/o
middle
medic/o
to heal
mediastin/o
mediastinum
medi/o
middle
medull/o
medulla (inner section), middle, soft marrow
mega-
large
-megaly
enlargment
melan/o
black
mel/o
limbs
men/o
menses, menstruation
mening/o
meninges
meningi/o
meninges
ment/o
mind, chin
mer/o
part
meso-
middle
meta-
change, berond
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
-meter
measure
method/o
procedure, technique
metr/o
uterus (womb) or measure
-metry
process of measuring
mi/o
smaller, less
micro-
small
-mimesis
imitation, simulaiton
-mimetic
mimic, copy
-mission
to send
-mnesia
memory
mogi-
difficult
mon/o
single
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
-mortem
death
-motor
movement
muc/o
mucus
mucos/o
mucous membrane (mucosa)
multi-
many
muscul/o
muscle
myco/o
fungus
mydr/o
wide
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
myocardi/o
myocardium
myom/o
muscle tumor
myos/o
muscle
myring/o
tympanic membrane
myx/o
mucus