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m-
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See meta-
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-machy
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Fighting.
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macro-
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Long; large.
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magneto-
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Magnetism or a magnet.
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magn(i)-
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Large; great.
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mal-
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Improperly; badly; wrongly.
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-malacia
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Abnormal softening of a tissue.
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malaco-
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Soft.
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Malayo-
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Malay; Malay and …
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male-
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See mal-
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mamm(o)-
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A breast or breasts.
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-man
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A male person of a specified type.
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-mancy
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Divination.
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-mane
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See -mania
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mangan(o)-
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Manganese.
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-mania
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Mental abnormality or obsession; extreme enthusiasm or admiration.
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-manship
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Skill in a subject or activity.
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mast(o)-
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Breast.
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matr(i)-
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A mother.
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maxi-
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Very large or long.
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maxillo-
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The jaw.
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mebi-
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see the entry Words for multiples.
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mechano-
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Mechanical.
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medico-
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Medicine plus another field.
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medio-
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Middle.
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meg(a)-
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Large or great; a factor of one million; a factor of 220.
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-megaly
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Abnormal enlargement of part of the body.
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meio-
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Less or fewer.
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-meister
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A person regarded as skilled or prominent in a specified activity.
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melan(o)-
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Black.
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-melia
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An abnormal condition of a limb.
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mening(o)-
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The meninges.
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meno-
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Menstruation.
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-ment
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Forming nouns.
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-mer
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Part or segment.
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mercapto-
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The chemical radical —SH.
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mero-
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Partly or partial.
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-merous
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See -mer
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mesio-
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A midline.
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meso-
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Middle; intermediate.
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met(a)-
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Change of position or condition; behand, after, or beyond; of a higher or second-order kind; chemical substitution.
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metall(o)-
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A metal.
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-meter
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Measuring instrument; unit of measurement.
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meth(o)-
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The methyl radical, —CH3.
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methoxy-
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The methoxyl radical, CH3O—
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-metre
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See -meter
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-metric
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Measurement.
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metr(o)-1
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The uterus.
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metr(o)-2
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Measurement.
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metro-3
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A capital city or other large urban area.
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-metropia
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A condition of the eye.
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micro-
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Small; a factor of one millionth.
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mid-
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Middle; medium; half.
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midi-
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Medium-sized; of medium length.
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milli-
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One thousandth; a thousand.
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mini-
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Very small of its kind.
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mio-
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See meio-
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mis-
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Various senses with negative implications.
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mis(o)-
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Hatred for or a hater of something.
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-mo
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Book sizes.
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-monas
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Simple microorganisms.
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-monger
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A dealer or trader.
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mon(o)-
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One; alone; single.
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-mony
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Forming nouns.
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-morph
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A specified form or character.
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morph-
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See morpho-
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-morpha
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Animal groupings.
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-morphic
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See -morph
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morph(o)-
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Form or character.
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-morphosis
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See -morph
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-most
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Superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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muco-
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Mucus.
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multi-
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More than one; many.
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multiples
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Standard systems of number prefixes.
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musculo-
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Muscle.
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my-
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See myo-
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myc-
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See myco-
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-myces
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Bacteria or fungi.
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myceto-
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See myco-
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-mycin
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An antibiotic compound derived from fungi.
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myc(o)-
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Fungi or fungal.
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-mycota
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See -myces
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myel(o)-
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Bone marrow; the spinal cord.
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my(o)-
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Muscle.
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myring(o)-
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The eardrum.
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myrmeco-
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An ant or ants.
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mytho-
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Myth.
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myx(o)-
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Mucus.
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