Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-malaciaA word ending that means abnormal softening.

-meterA word ending that means an instrument for measuring.

-metryA word ending that means the process of measuring.

macro-A word beginning that means large.

mal-A word beginning that means bad, poor or abnormal.

mamm/oA word root that means breast; mast/o means the same.

megal/oA word part that means large or enlarged.

melan/oA word root that means black or dark.

men/oA word part that means menstruation or month.

mening/oA word part that means the meninges, the layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord.

ment/oA word root that means the mind; in anatomy words it can also mean the chin.

meta-A word beginning that means change, after or beyond.

micro-A word beginning that means very small; in units, one millionth.

mono-A word beginning that means one or single.

muc/oA word root that means mucus or mucous membrane.

multi-A word beginning that means many or more than one.

my/oA word root that means muscle.

myc/oA word root that means fungus.

myel/oA word root that means spinal cord or bone marrow.

myring/oA word root that means the eardrum (tympanic membrane).