Medical Word Building-Suffixes (M)

  1. Suffix: -malacia
    Meaning: softening

    Example: chondromalacia
  2. Suffix: -mania
    Meaning: preoccupation

    Example: pyromania
  3. Suffix: -megaly
    Meaning: enlargement

    Example: cardiomegaly
  4. Suffix: -meter
    Meaning: instrument to measure

    Example: glucometer
  5. Suffix: -metry
    Meaning: process of measuring

    Example: geometry
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Medical Word Building-Suffixes (M)
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Medical Suffixes M
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