| macro- |
large |
| mal- |
bad |
| -malacia |
softening |
| mamm/o |
breast |
| -mania |
state of mental disorder, frenzy |
| mast/o |
breast |
| mastoid/o |
mastoid process |
| maxill/o |
maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| meat/o |
opening, meatus |
| medi- |
middle |
| medi/o |
middle |
| mediastin/o |
mediastinum |
| medull/o |
medulla |
| mega- |
enlargement |
| megal/o |
enlargement |
| -megaly |
enlargement |
| melan/o |
black |
| men/o |
menses, menstruation |
| mening/o |
meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| meningi/o |
meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| ment/o |
mind |
| meso- |
middle |
| meta- |
change, beyond |
| metacarp/o |
metacarpus (hand bones) |
| metatars/o |
metatarsus (foot bones) |
| -meter |
instrument for measuring |
| metr/o |
uterus (womb); measure |
| metri/o |
uterus (womb) |
| -metry |
act of measuring |
| mi/o |
smaller, less |
| micr/o |
small |
| micro- |
small |
| mono- |
one |
| morph/o |
form, shape, structure |
| muc/o |
mucus |
| multi- |
many, much |
| muscul/o |
muscle |
| mut/a |
genetic change |
| my/o |
muscle |
| myc/o |
fungus (plural, fungi) |
| mydr/o |
widen, enlarge |
| myel/o |
bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myos/o |
muscle |
| myring/o |
tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| myx/o |
mucus |
