Medical Terminology - lymph/o- to muc/o- (451-500)

lymph/o-

watery

-lysis

destruction, breakdown, declining

macer/o-

to make soft

macro-

large or huge

maul/o-

spot

magni-

large or greater

mal-

bad, harm, injury

malac/o-

soft or softening

mall/e/olus

little hammer

malle/o-

hammer

mamm/o-

breast

man/o-

hand

mand/i-

chew or chewer

-mania

madness

masset/o-

chewer or to chew

masseur

male massager

mast/o-

breast

mastic/o-

to chew or chewing

-mata

multiple

maxill/o-

upper jaw

measles

rubella, reddish or red

meat/o-

opening

medi-

middle

mega-

great or big

megalo-

huge or large

mei/o-, mio-

lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict

mel-

sweet, honey, cheek, limb

melan/o-

black

men/o-

monthly or month

mening/o-

membrane

menisc/o-

crescent

ment/o-

mind

-mentum

chin

mes/o-

middle

meta-

beyond or change

-meter

measurement

metr/a-

uterus or womb

-metry

measurement procedure

micro-

small

mictur/o-

to make water or urinate

milli-

one thousandth

minimus-

smallest

minute

small

-mitr/e

head band or mitre box

mol/o-

to mill or grind

mon/o-

one

morpho-

shape

mort/o-

death

-motor

movement or motion

muc/o-

slime