Medical Terminology Letter M
TERM | MEANING |
-malacia | softening |
mamm/o | breast |
-mania | madness, obsessive, preoccupation |
-masesis | mastication, chewing |
mast/o | breast |
maxill/o | maxilla |
mediastin/o | mediastinum |
medic/o | heal, healing |
medi/o | middle |
medull/o | medulla, marrow |
mega- | million (10⁶) |
-megaly | enlargement |
mega-, megalo- | large |
melan/o | black |
meli-, melit- | honey, sugar |
mel/o | limbs, limb |
mening/o | meninges, membranes |
men/o | menses, menstruation |
ment/o | mind |
mer/o | part |
meso- | middle |
meta- | after, beyond, change |
metall/o | metal |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
method/o | procedure, technique |
metr/o | uterus |
-metry | process of measuring |
micro- | one millionth (10⁻⁶), small |
milli- | one thousandth (10⁻³) |
-mimesis | imitation, simulation |
mi/o | less, smaller |
mis/o | hatred of, aversion |
-mnesia | memory |
mogi- | difficult |
mono- | one |
morph/o | shape, form |
mort/o | death |
-motor | movement, motion |
muc/o | mucus |
multi- | many, much |
muscul/o | muscle |
mutilat/o | to maim, disfigure |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
my/o, myos/o | muscle |
myring/o | eardrum |
myx/o | mucus |