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Medical Terminology BSMSA > More Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes M > Flashcards

More Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes M Flashcards

1
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Malac/o

A

Softening

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2
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Malle/o

A

Hammer/malleus

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3
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Mamill/i/o

Mammill/i/o

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Nipple

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4
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Mamm/a/o

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Breast/mammary gland

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5
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Mandibul/o

A

Mandible (lower jaw bone)

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6
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Mani-

A

Mental disorder/madness

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7
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-mania

A

Condition of mental disorder/psychosis

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8
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Man/o

A

Pressure

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9
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Manus-

A

Hand

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10
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Mastoid/o

A

Nipple-shaped/mastoid process/mastoid air cells

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11
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Maxill/o

A

Maxilla (upper jaw bone)

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12
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Meat/o

A

Meatus/opening/external orifice (for instance of the urethra)

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13
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Medi/o

A

Middle/midline

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14
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-media

A

Middle

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15
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Medull/o

A

Inner part/medulla (part of the brain responsible for involuntary actions)

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Melanomat-

17
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Melit/o

A

Sugar/honey

18
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Mel/o

A

Limb/cheek

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Melon/o

20
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Mening/i/o

A

Membranes (of CNS)

21
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Menisc/o

A

Meniscus/crescent-shaped

22
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Ment/o

23
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Mes/o

A

Middle/intermediate

24
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Meta-

A

Change in form, position or order/after/next/between

25
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-mileusis

26
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Mi/o

A

Make smaller/less

27
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Mito-

A

Threadlike/mitosis

28
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Monocyt/o

29
Q

-morph

Morph/o

A

Shape/form

30
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Mort/o

31
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-motor-

A

Moving/action/set in motion

32
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Mycet/o

Myc/o

33
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Myelomat/o

34
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Myomat/o

35
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Myos/o

36
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Myx/o

A

Mucus/mucoid tissue

37
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Myxomat-

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