Medical Terminology / Unit 3 MedTerm 0148 short lesson, about 20 seconds
macro-: Large
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The idea
The prefix macro means large or abnormally large.
In practice
A macrocyte is an abnormally large cell.
Where people slip
Macro describes absolute size, while hyper describes an amount above normal.
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