-megalia

American  

1. variant of -megaly.

   cardiomegalia.

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Usage

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. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use -megaly article. 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).