Term | Definition |
macro- | large |
macul/o | spot |
mal- | bad, deficient |
-malacia | softening |
mamm- | breast |
mamm/o | breast |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
-mania | obsession with |
-masesis | chewing, mastication |
mast/o | breast |
mastoid/o | rounded protrusion of bone behind the ear |
maxill/o | upper jawbone formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones |
meat/o | a natural opening |
medi/o | middle |
medull/o | medulla, marrow |
mega- | large, great |
-megaly | enlargement |
mel/o | limb |
melan/o | black, dark |
meli- | honey, sugar |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
mening/o | membranes |
ment/o | mind |
-mer | smallest unit of a repeating structure, member of a particular group |
mer/o | part, partial |
mes- | middle, mean |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, change |
-meter | measurement, instrument to measure |
method/o | procedure, technique |
metr/o | uterus (womb) |
-metry | to measure |
micro- | small |
milli- | one thousandth |
-mimesis | imitation, simulation |
mio- | smaller |
mis/o | opposite, aversion |
-mnesia | memory |
mogi- | difficult |
mon/o | single, one |
morph/o | shape, form |
mort/o | death |
mot- | move |
-motor | motion |
muc/o | mucus |
multi | many, much |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle) |
myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
myx/o | mucus |