M - Medical Terminology - Prefixes, Suffixes, Combining Form

Question 1

macr/o-

Answer 1

large; long

Question 2

mal-

Answer 2

ill; bad; poor

Question 3

mamm/o-

Answer 3

breast

Question 4

-mania

Answer 4

frenzy; madness

Question 5

mast/o-

Answer 5

breast

Question 6

meat/o-

Answer 6

opening; meatus

Question 7

med/i-
med/io-

Answer 7

middle

Question 8

medull/o-

Answer 8

soft inner part; medulla

Question 9

mega-
megal-
megalo-

Answer 9

large; of great size

Question 10

-megalia
-megaly

Answer 10

enlargement of a body part

Question 11

meio-
mio-

Answer 11

less; smaller

Question 12

melan/o-

Answer 12

black

Question 13

mening/o-

Answer 13

meininges

Question 14

menta-
mento-

Answer 14

mind

Question 15

mes/o-

Answer 15

1. middle
2. in anatomy: mesentry
   3: in medicine: secondary; partial

Question 16

mesio-

Answer 16

toward the middle

Question 17

meta-

Answer 17

1. change; transformation; next in series
2. in chemistry, the 1,3 position of benzene derivatives

Question 18

metacarp/o-

Answer 18

metacarpus (bones of the hand)

Question 19

-meter

Answer 19

measure

Question 20

metr/a-
metr/o-

Answer 20

uterus

Question 21

micr/o-

Answer 21

small

Question 22

mon/o-

Answer 22

single; one

Question 23

muc/i-
muc/o-
myxa-
myxo-

Answer 23

mucus

Question 24

multi-

Answer 24

many; much

Question 25

musculo-
my/o-

Answer 25

muscle

Question 26

myc/o-

Answer 26

fungus

Question 27

myel/o-

Answer 27

spinal cord; bone marrow

Question 28

myring/o-

Answer 28

tympanic membrane, eardrum