Word Parts-M Flashcards
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macro-
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large, abnormal size or length, long
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macul/o
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spot
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magn/o
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great, large
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major/o
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larger
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mal-
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bad, poor, evil
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-malacia
A
abnormal softening
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malign/o
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bad, evil
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malle/o
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malleus, hammer
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malleol/o
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malleolus, little hammer
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mamm/o
A
breast
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man/i
A
madness, rage
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man/i, man/o
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hand
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mandibul/o
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mandible, lower jaw
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-mania
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obsessive preoccupation
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manipul/o
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use of hands
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manubri/o
A
handle
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masset/o
A
chew
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mast/o
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breast
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mastic/o, masticat/o
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chew
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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matern/o
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maternal, of a mother
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matur/o
A
ripe
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jaw)
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maxim/o
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largest, greatest
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meat/o
opening or passageway
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medi/o
middle
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mediastin/o
mediastinum, middle
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medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
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medicat/o
medication, healing
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medull/o
medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
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mega-, megal/o
large, great
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-megaly
enlargement
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mei/o
less, meiosis
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melan/o
black, dark
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mellit/o
honey, honeyed
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membran/o
membrane, thin skin
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men/o
menstruation, menses
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mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
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menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
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mens/o
menstruate, menstruation, menses
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menstru/o, menstruat/o
occurring monthly
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ment/o
mind, chin
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mes-
middle
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mesenter/o
mesentery
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mesi/o
middle, median plane
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meso-
middle
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meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after or next
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metabol/o
change
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metacarp/o
metacarpals, bones of the hand
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metatars/o
bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes
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-meter
measure, instrument used to measure
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metr/i, metr/o, metri/o
uterus
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-metrist
one who measures
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-metry
to measure
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micr/o, micro-
small
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mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
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mid-
middle
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midsagitt/o
from front to back, at the middle
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milli-
one-thousandth
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-mimetic
mimic, copy
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mineral/o
mineral
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minim/o
smallest, least
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minor/o
smaller
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mio-
smaller, less
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-mission
to send
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mit/o
a thread
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mitr/o
a miter, having two points on top
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mobil/o
capable of moving
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monil/i
string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus
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mono-
one, single
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morbid/o
disease, sickness
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moribund/o
dying
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morph/o
shape, form
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mort/i, mort/o, mort/u
death, dead
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mortal/i
pertaining to death, subject to death
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mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
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mu/o
close, shut
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muc/o, mucos/o
mucus
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multi-
many, much
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muscul/o
muscle
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mut/a
genetic change
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mut/o
unable to speak, inarticulate
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mutagen/o
causing genetic change
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my/o
muscle
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myc/e, myc/o
fungus
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mydri/o
wide
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mydrias/i
dilation of the pupil
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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myocardi/o
myocardium, heart muscle
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myom/o
muscle tumor
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myos/o
muscle
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myring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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myx/o, myxa-
mucus
