micro-
- little, small, minute: microcosm
- exceptionally little, abnormally small: microcephaly
- enlarging or amplifying: microscope, microphone
- involving microscopes, microscopic: micrography
- one millionth part of; the factor 10: symbol μ: microsecond
Also, before a vowel,
micr-
See micro- in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or micr-
prefixa. Small: microcircuit.
b. Abnormally small: microcephaly.
c. Requiring or involving microscopy: microsurgery.
- One-millionth (10-6): microampere.
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