Medical Vocabulary - M

Question 1

macr(o)-

Answer 1

large, long; MACROPHAGE

Question 2

-malacia

Answer 2

softening; OSTEOMALACIA

Question 3

mamm(o)-

Answer 3

of or pertaining to the breast; MAMMOGRAM

Question 4

mammill(o)-

Answer 4

of or pertaining to the nipple

Question 5

manu-

Answer 5

of or pertaining to the hand; MANUFACTURE

Question 6

mast(o)-

Answer 6

of or pertaining to the breast; MASTECTOMY

Question 7

meg(a)-
megal(o)-
megaly

Answer 7

enlargement; SPLENOMEGALY

Question 8

melan(o)-

Answer 8

black color; MELANIN

Question 9

melos

Answer 9

extremity; ERYTHROMELALGIA

Question 10

mening(o)-

Answer 10

membrane; MENINGITIS

Question 11

mero-

Answer 11

part; MEROCRINE

Question 12

mes(o)-

Answer 12

middle; MESODERM

Question 13

meta-

Answer 13

after, behind; METACARPUS

Question 14

-meter

Answer 14

measurement; SPHYGMOMANOMETER

Question 15

-metry

Answer 15

process of measuring; OPTOMETRY

Question 16

metr(o)-

Answer 16

pertaining to conditions or instruments of the uterus; METRORRHAGIA

Question 17

micro-

Answer 17

denoting something as small, or relating to smallness; MICROSCOPE

Question 18

mon(o)-

Answer 18

single; INFECTION MONONUCLESIS

Question 19

morph(o)-

Answer 19

form, shape; MORPHOLOGY

Question 20

muscul(o)-

Answer 20

muscle; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Question 21

my(o)-

Answer 21

of or pertaining to the muscle; MYOBLAST

Question 22

myc(o)-

Answer 22

fungus; ONYCHOMYCOSIS

Question 23

myel(o)-

Answer 23

of or relating to bone marrow; MYELOBLAST

Question 24

myring(o)-

Answer 24

eardrum; MYRINGOTOMY

Question 25

myx(o)-

Answer 25

mucus; MYXOMA