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macro- definition

macro- (mak′rō, -rə)

long (in extent or duration), large, enlarged or elongated (in a specified part) macrocyte, macrocephaly
also, before a vowel, macr-

Etymology: < Gr makros, long < IE *merós < base *māk-, long, slender > L macer, meager

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