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Macro-

Macro-. Large, great Long (in extent or duration) Enlarged or elongated. -mania, -manic. Mental disorder. Mega-. Large, big, great, powerful. meter-, metr -. Measure. Micro-, micr -. Small, tiny A decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurement .

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Macro-

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  1. Macro- Large, great Long (in extent or duration) Enlarged or elongated

  2. -mania, -manic Mental disorder

  3. Mega- Large, big, great, powerful

  4. meter-, metr- Measure

  5. Micro-, micr- Small, tiny A decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurement

  6. miso-, mis- Hater, hated, hatred

  7. Mne- Memory To remember

  8. Mono-, mon- One, alone, single

  9. Morph- Shape, form, figure, appearance

  10. nau- Ship, sailor

  11. neo- Recent, current, young

  12. odon/odont tooth, teeth

  13. -oid/-ode like, resembling, similar to, form

  14. olig- few, small, abnormally few or small

  15. ortho-/orth- right, straight, correct, true; designed to correct

  16. pachy-, pacho-, pach- thick, dense, large, massive

  17. pedo-, ped- Child Note: The British tend to use “paed-” while those in the United States tend to use “ped-.” Remember that the Greek ped- means “child” while the Latin ped- means “foot.” Don't confuse this Greek element with another Greek pedo- that means “ground, soil, earth.”

  18. pan-, panto-, pant- all, every

  19. patho-, -path-, -pathy feeling, sensation, perception, suffering, Note: in medicine, it usually means “one who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease”

  20. peri- around, about, near, enclosing

  21. petro-, peter- stone, rock

  22. phag- eat, consume, swallow

  23. philo-, phil- love, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to, strong tendency toward Note: under some circumstances, -philia means “unwholesome-sexual attraction” to something or someone, as in pedophilia.

  24. -phobia, -phobe, -phobic Extreme fear, irrational fear or terror

  25. -phon, -phony, -phonic Sound; voice

  26. -photo, phot-, Light

  27. pod- Foot or feet

  28. polis-, polit-, poli- City, method of government

  29. poly- Many, much; too many, too much, excessive

  30. -poly, -pole, -polism, -polist Sale, selling; one who sells; pertaining to selling

  31. Pro-, por- Before Forward For, in favor of In front of In place of, on behalf of

  32. Pseudo- False Deceptive Counterfeit

  33. Psycho-, psych- Dealing with the mind or mental processes *Etymologically, this element includes such meanings as breath, life, soul, spirit, mind, and consciousness

  34. pyro-, pyr- Fire, Burn, Fever, Heat EXAMPLES: pyre, pyrology, pyromania, pyrotechnology

  35. sarco-, sarc-, -sarc, -sarcoma Flesh, Meat EXAMPLES: sarcasm, sarcoid, sarcophagus

  36. sauro-, saur- Lizard EXAMPLES: dinosaur

  37. scop-, scept-, skept- see, view, sight, look at, examine

  38. seism-, -seism, shake, earthquake, move violently

  39. soma-, -soma body; mass

  40. soph-, -soph Greek: wise, wisdom; knowledge

  41. stereo-, stere- Greek: solid, firm, hard; three-dimensional

  42. syn-(sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-) Greek: together, with, along with By extension, syn- may also mean: together, with; united; same, similar; at the same time.

  43. tacho-, tach-, tachy- Greek: fast, speed, swift, rapid

  44. techn-, tect-, Greek: art, skill, craft

  45. tele-, tel-, telo-, -telic, -telical Greek: far away, far off, at a distance Don’t confuse this tele- with the teleo- that means “end, last”.

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