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Ma
- -ma, -m-, -me, -mat (Greek: a suffix; result of, the act of)
- -machy, -machia, -machist, -machic, -machical (Greek: a suffix; battle, war, contest, fight)
- macro-, macr- (Greek: large, great; long [in extent or duration]; enlarged, or elongated, long)
- macul-, maculat- (Latin: spot, mark, stain, blot, blemish, mesh)
- magneto- (Greek: Magnesian [stone], Magnesia having been a mineral-rich region of Thessaly)
- magni-, magn- (Latin: large, big, great)
- maieuto-, maieut- (Greek: pertaining to midwifery; obstetric; serving to elicit ideas [said of the Socratic method of teaching])
- major (Latin: larger, greater)
- mal- words (bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective) words: malabsorption to malversation.
- mala (Latin: cheek, cheekbone)
- malaco-, malac-, malako-, -malacia (Greek: soft, softness; abnormal softening, soft-bodied)
- malaxo-, malax- (Latin: to soften, softening; to mollify; a kneading movement used in massage; stroking, caressing, love play)
- malleo-, malle- (Latin: hammer)
- mammill-, mammilli- (Greek > Latin: breast, nipple)
- mammo-, mamm-, mammi- (Greek Latin: breast)
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: Background Information
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: belomancy to cheiromancy, part 2 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: chresmomancy to cyclomancy, part 3 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: dactyliomancy to gyromancy, part 4 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: halomancy to lychnomancy, part 5 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: macharomancy to nycromancy, part 6 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: oculomancy to ouranomancy, part 7 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: pedomancy to spasmatomancy, part 8 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy) words: spatalamancy to zygomancy, part 9 of 9.
- -mancy, -mancer (Greek: divination, prophecy): acutomania to axinomancy, part 1 of 9.
- mandato-, mandat-, manda- (Latin: to command, order; literally "to give into one's hand")
- mandibulo-, mandibul-, mandibuli- (Latin: jaw, lower jaw; from mandere, "to chew")
- mania-, -mania (mental disorder; excessive enthusiasm) words: ablutomania to dysmorphomania, part 1 of 4.
- mania-, -mania (mental disorder; excessive enthusiasm) words: ecdemiomania to krauomania, part 2 of 4.
- mania-, -mania (mental disorder; excessive enthusiasm) words: lagneuomania to ornithomania, part 3 of 4.
- mania-, -mania (mental disorder; excessive enthusiasm) words: paramania to zoomania, part 4 of 4.
- mano-, man- (Greek: sparse, thin, rare; slack, loose; by extension, "gas, vapor")
- manu-, man-, mani- (Latin: hand)
- mare, mari- (Latin: sea)
- margarito- (Latin: pearls)
- marito-, marit- (Latin: pertaining to a husband or marriage; used as a prefix)
- marsup- (Greek: pouch, purse)
- masca- (Latin: specter, witch, mask, nightmare > Italian mascera > French, masque [covering to hide or protect the face])
- maschal- (Greek: armpit)
- mascu-, mas- (Latin: male, manly, of or relating to men or boys; of the male sex and gender; bold, courageous)
- mastico-, mastic-, masti- (Latin: to chew; Greek: to gnash the teeth)
- mastigo-, mastig-, mastix- (Greek: whip, flog, scourge)
- masto-, mast-, -mastia, -masty (Greek: breast)
- mastoido-, mastoid- (Greek: breast; "breast-shaped")
- mater-, matri-, matro- matr- (Latin: mother, mama, mom; mum (British)
- math-, -math (Greek: learning, science, that which is learned)
- maxi- (Latin: large, great, greatest)
- maxillo-, maxill- (Latin: jaw, upper jawbone)
- mazo-, -mazia (Greek: breast)
Me
- meand- (Greek: winding; from a winding river in Phrygia called the Maiandros)
- meato-, meat-, mea- (Latin: opening or passageway in the body, bodily opening or canal; to go, to pass, passage)
- mechano-, mechan- (Greek: machine, contrivance; of or pertaining to a machine or to the workings of a machine)
- mecono-, mecon- (Greek > Latin: [mekonion > meconium] of or pertaining to the poppy, poppy, poppy-juice; opium)
- medico-, medi-, med- (Latin: heal, cure; physician)
- medio-, medi- (Latin: middle)
- medullo-, medull-, medulli- (Latin: marrow; central part)
- mega- [MEG uh], meg- (Greek: large, great, big, powerful; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
- megalo-, megal-, -megalia, -megaly (Greek: used as prefix; large)
- meiosis (Greek: a lessening, to lessen, less; diminish)
- melano-, melan-, mela-, melen- (Greek: the color black, dark)
- meliorat- (Latin: better, to make better; improve)
- melisso-, meliss-, melitto-, melitt- (Greek: honeybee)
- melli-, meli-, melit-, melito-, mellit-, mellito-, melo-, -mel, -melic, -melitic (Greek > Latin: honey)
- melo- (Greek: apple; by extension, "cheek")
- melo-, mel- (Greek: limb, leg, body extremity or member)
- memor-, memen- (Latin: memory, remember)
- -men, -min (Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of)
- mend- (Latin: defect, blemish)
- meningo-, mening-, meninge-, meningeo-, meningi- (Greek: membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord)
- meno-, men-, meni-, -mena (Greek: month; moon; denotes the menses)
- mens- (Latin: measure)
- -ment (Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of)
- menti-, ment- (Latin: mind; intellectual faculties)
- mento-, ment-, menti- (Latin: chin)
- -mentum (Latin: a suffix; same meanings as)
- Mercury, planet and messenger of the gods, words from Greek and Latin myths.
- merg-, mers- (Latin: dip, immerse, plunge)
- merintho-, merinth- (Greek: cord, line, string)
- meristo- (Greek: divided)
- mero-, mer-, meri- (Greek: part, partial; segment)
- mero-, mer-, meri- (Greek: thigh [anatomy])
- mesati- (Greek: middle; literally, "middlemost")
- mesio- (Greek: middle; closer to the center line of the dental arch)
- meso-, mes-, mesio- (Greek: middle; used as a prefix)
- meta-, met-, meth- (Greek: after, behind; changed in form, altered; higher [used to designate a higher degree of a branch of science])
- metallo-, metall- (Greek: mineral, metal)
- meteoro-, meteor- (upraised, high up in the air, lofty) words: agrometeorology to telemeteorograph
- meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meters, -metry, -metre (Greek: measure)
- methyl-, methy- (Greek: alcohol, wine; drunk, drunkeness)
- metopo-, metop- (Greek: forehead)
- metro-, metr- (Greek: mother [family member])
- metro-, metra-, metr- (Greek: uterus, womb)
Mi
- miasm-, miasmat- (Greek > Latin: to pollute)
- micro-, micr- (Greek: small, tiny; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
- micto-, -mict- (Greek: mix, mixed; thrown together, blended)
- migr-, migrat- (Latin: wander, moving)
- milit- (Latin: soldier, fight)
- milli- [MIL i], mille-, mill-, mili- (Latin: thousand; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
- mimo-, mim-, -mimesis, -mimia, -mimetic, -mime, -mimic, -mimical, -mimically (Greek: mimic, mime; imitate, act; simulation)
- mini-, minor-, minut-, minu- (Latin: small, little)
- mio-, meio- (Greek: smaller, less)
- mirac-, mira-, mir- (Latin: to wonder at, wonderful; causing one to smile)
- mis- (Anglo-Saxon: (bad, harsh, wrong)
- misce-, misc- (Latin: mix, mingle)
- miso-, mis-, -misia (hate, hater, hatred; disgust for; revulsion of) words: iatromisia to nomomisia
- miss-, -miss, -mis-, -mit, -mitt- (Latin: send, let go, cause to go; throw, hurl, cast)
- mito-, mit- (Greek: thread)
- mixo-, mix-, -mixia (Greek: a mixing, mingling, intercourse)
Mn
Mo
- mobil-, mobi- (Latin: move, moving, to set in motion)
- mogi- (Greek: with difficulty, difficult)
- moll- (Latin: soft)
- molybd- (Greek: lead [the metal])
- molyno-, molyn- (Greek: stain, defile; polluted)
- molysmo-, molysm- (Greek: filth, pollution; infection)
- mono-, mon- (Greek: one, alone, single; a number used as a prefix)
- monstr-, monst- (Latin: an omen; a supernatural manifestation; hence, "horrific-supernatural being; supernatural manifestation")
- mont-, mount- (Latin: mountain, hill)
- -mony (Latin: action, result of an action or condition; a suffix that forms nouns)
- mor-, mora- (Latin: custom, habit, manner)
- morb- (Latin: disease)
- moro-, mor-, -moria (Greek: a feeble minded person; foolish; dull)
- morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia, -morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism (Greek: shape, form, figure, appearance)
- mort-, mor- (death, dead) words: abmortal to postmortem
- mot-, moto-, -motile, -motility, -motorial, -motoric, -motive, -motored (Latin: move)
Mu
- mu [MYOO] (Greek: the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet)
- mucino-, mucin- (Latin: mucus; slimy substance produced by nasal membranes)
- muco-, muc- (Latin: mucus, mucous, or mucosa; related to an element that means "mold, moldiness")
- multi-, mult- (many, much) words: multangular to multungulate
- mundan-, mond- (Latin: earth, world)
- mur- (Latin: wall)
- muro-, mur-, muri- (Latin: mouse)
- musculo-, muscul- (Latin: muscle; literally, "little mouse")
- muses (Greek: goddesses of fine arts; including, Calliope, Clio, Erato, Urania, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, and Terpsichore)
- musico-, music- (Greek: mousike [techne] > Latin: musica, music; originally an art of the Muses)
- muso-, mus- (Greek: mouse, mice)
- mut- (Latin: change, changeable)
My
- myco- (Greek: mucus)
- myco-, myc-, myceto-, mycet-, -myces, -mycetous, -mycetic, -mycetous, -mycosis, -mycin (Greek: fungus, fungi; mushroom)
- myelino-, myelin- (Greek: lipoid substance sheathing certain nerve fibers; lipoid substance found in body tissue)
- myelo-, myel- (Greek: bone marrow; the spinal cord and medulla oblongata; the myelin sheath of nerve fibers)
- myi- (Greek: a fly)
- mylo-, myl- (Greek: mill, molar; the molar teeth)
- myo-, my-, myos- (Greek: muscle; said to be from a Greek word meaning "mouse")
- myria-, myrio-, myri- (Greek: ten thousand; very numerous, countless; a number often used as a prefix)
- myringo-, myring- (Greek > Latin: membrane, tympanic [drum] membrane)
- myrmeco-, myrmec-, myrme-, myrmic-, myrmi- (Greek: ant, ants)
- myrmidon- (Greek [Murmidones] > Latin: [Myrmidones, Myrmidons])
- myro-, myr- (Greek: unguent, perfume)
- myso-, mys- (Greek: uncleanness of body or mind; filth; defilement; anything disgusting)
- myster-, myst- (Greek > Latin: secret, occult [probable literal meaning is "one whose eyes are closed"])
- mytho-, myth- (talk, word, story, legend) myth words: demyth to theomythology
- myxo-, myx- (Greek: slime, mucus; used in biomedical nomenclature)
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