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Medical Terminology
Word Parts (LYMPH/O- to MUC/O-)
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Undergraduate 3
04/28/2010
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Term
lymph/o-
 Definition
watery
Term
-lysis
 Definition
destruction, breakdown, declining
Term
macer/o-
 Definition
to make soft
Term
macro-
 Definition
large or huge
Term
macul/o-
 Definition
large spot or flat skin freckle
Term
magni-
 Definition
large or greater
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad, harm, injury
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malac/o-
 Definition
soft or softening
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mall/e/olus
 Definition
little hammer
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malle/o-
 Definition
hammer
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mamm/o-
 Definition
breast
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man/o-
 Definition
hand
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mand/i-
 Definition
chew or chewer
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-mania
 Definition
madness
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masset/o-
 Definition
chewer or to chew
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masseur
 Definition
male massager
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mast/o-
 Definition
breast
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mastic/o-
 Definition
to chew or chewing
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-mata
 Definition
multiple
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maxill/o-
 Definition
upper jaw
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measles
 Definition
rubella, reddish or red
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meat/o-
 Definition
opening
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medi-
 Definition
middle
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mega-
 Definition
great or big
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megalo-
 Definition
huge or large
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mei/o- and mio-
 Definition
lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict
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mel-
 Definition
sweet, honey, cheek, limb
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melan/o-
 Definition
black
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men/o-
 Definition
monthly or month
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mening/o-
 Definition
membrane
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menisc/o-
 Definition
crescent
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ment/o-
 Definition
mind
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-mentum
 Definition
chin
Term
mes/o-
 Definition
middle
Term
meta-
 Definition
beyond or change
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-meter
 Definition
measurement
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metr/a-
 Definition
uterus or womb
Term
-metry
 Definition
measurement procedure
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micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mictur/o-
 Definition
to make water or urinate
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milli-
 Definition
one-thousandth
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minimus-
 Definition
smallest
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minute
 Definition
small
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-mitr/e
 Definition
head band or mitre box
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mol/o-
 Definition
to mill or grind
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mon/o-
 Definition
one
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morpho-
 Definition
shape
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mort/o-
 Definition
death
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-motor
 Definition
movement or motion
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muc/o-
 Definition
slime
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