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-mach, -machy, -machies, -machia, -machist, -machic, -machical (Greek: battle, war; fight; contest)
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macro-, macr- (Greek: large, great; long [in extent or duration]; enlarged, or elongated, long [in length]; abnormally large)
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macul-, maculat- (Latin: spot, mark, stain, blot, blemish, mesh; the original meaning of macula seems to have been, "a soiled spot, a spot to be cleaned")
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magist-, master- + (Latin: magister, chief, head, leader; from Latin magnus, "great")
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magnet-, magneto- + (Greek: Magnesian [stone]; Magnesia having been a mineral-rich region of Thessaly)
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magni-, magn-; magna (Latin: large, big, great; much, abundant)
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maieut-, maieuto- (Greek: pertaining to midwifery; obstetric; serving to elicit ideas [said of the Socratic method of teaching])
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major- (Latin: larger, greater)
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mal-, male-, mali- (Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix)
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong": caco-, kako-; dys-; mis-; pessim-; sceler-.
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malaco-, malac-, malako-, -malacia + (Greek: soft, softness; abnormal softening, soft-bodied)
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Malaria, A Short History (it was originally thought that this disease was caused by foul air or "bad air")
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malaxo-, malax- (Latin: to soften, softening; to mollify; a kneading movement used in massage; stroking, caressing, love play)
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mammill-, mammilli- (Greek > Latin: breast, nipple)
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mammo-, mamm-, mammi- (Greek Latin: breast)
