-megalia

1. variant of -megaly:

   cardiomegalia.

Example Sentences

If any one did know Megalia, the company would be—what is it you say—a scrub down—no—a wash-up—ah, I have it—a wash-out.

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Gorman saw several reasons, excellent ones, why Daisy Donovan could never be queen of Megalia.

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Her fine eyes opened very wide as she considered the price which Donovan might be induced to pay for Megalia.

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Donovan would have been quite content to believe that he could purchase the Crown of Megalia without actually doing so.

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He requests, indeed insists that Salissa shall at once be restored to the Crown of Megalia.

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Words That Use -megalia

What does -megalia mean?

The combining form -megalia is used like a suffix meaning “irregular enlargement” of an organ or part of the body. It appears in a few medical terms, especially in pathology.

The form -megalia ultimately comes from the Greek mégas, meaning “great, large.”

The form –megalia is a less-common variant of -megaly.

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Corresponding forms of -megalia and -megaly combined to the beginning of words is megalo- and megal-. Learn more at our Words That Use articles for the forms.

A variant of megalo- that you may be familiar with is mega-, as in megaphone or megabyte. Mega- is also used as a unit of measure prefix to indicate a fact of one million (e.g., megahertz).

Examples of -megalia

One of the few terms that features the combining form -megalia is splenomegalia, more commonly referred to as splenomegaly. Splenomegalia is “enlargement of the spleen.”

The combining form spleno- means “spleen.” The second part of the word, -megalia, means “irregular enlargement.” Splenomegalia literally translates to “irregularly large spleen.”

What are some words that use the combining form -megalia?

• acromegalia
• cardiomegalia
• enteromegalia
• hepatomegalia

What are some other forms that -megalia may be commonly confused with?

• -machy
• -mania
• -melia

Break it down!

The combining form cardio- means “heart.” What does the medical condition cardiomegalia, more commonly known as cardiomegaly, involve?