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Title: HOSA: Med Term Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 3 Part 1

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This deck covers medical terminology roots, prefixes, and combinations, focusing on terms related to size, shape, and medical conditions.

macro-

large, abnormal size/length, long
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
macro-
large, abnormal size/length, long
macul/o
spot
mal-
bad, abnormal
-malacia
abnormal softening
malign/o
bad, harmful
malle/o
malleus, hammer

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TermDefinition
macro-
large, abnormal size/length, long
macul/o
spot
mal-
bad, abnormal
-malacia
abnormal softening
malign/o
bad, harmful
malle/o
malleus, hammer
malleol/o
malleolus, little hammer
mamm/o
breast
-mania
obsessive preoccupation, madness
manu/o
hand
mandible/o, mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw
mast/o
mastoid process, breast
mastic/o
chew
mastoid/o
mastoid process
mastur/o
ripe, mature
maxill/o
maxilla, upper jaw
meat/o
meatus
medi/o
middle
mediastin/o
mediastinum, middle
medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
medull/o
medulla, middle, marrow, medulla oblongata
mega-, megal/o
large, great, grand
-megaly
enlargment
melan/o
black, dark
men/o
menstruation, month, menses
mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
menisc/o
meniscus, crescent-shaped, cartilage in knee
ment/o
mind, chin
mesenter/o
mesentery
mesi/o
middle, median plane
meso-
middle
meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after
metabol/o
change
-metter/-meter?
measure, instrument, used to measure
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
-metrist
one who measures
-metry
to measure
micr/o, micro-
small
mictur/o
urinate
mid-
middle
milli-
one-thousandth
mineral/o
mineral
mi/o-
smaller, less
mission
to send
mit/o
thread, thread-like
mitr/o
like a miter or (structure w/2 pnts)
-mnesia
memory
mobil/o
capable of moving, movement
mono-
one, single