megal-

American  

1. variant of megalo- before a vowel.

   megalopsia.

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Usage

What does megal- mean? Megal- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “large, great, grand, abnormally large.” It is used in a few scientific and medical terms.Megal- ultimately comes from the Greek mégas, meaning “great, large.”Megal- is a variant of the much more common megalo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use megalo- article.Another familiar variant of megal- 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). Corresponding forms of megalo- and megal- combined to the end of words are -megaly and -megalia.