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What is the medical definition of -megaly?
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What is the medical definition of -megaly?

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Megaly means an enlarged body part.

Megal: Enlarged, the “Y” is just a suffix. To remember that this means enlarged imagine a “Gal” being enlarged.
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Megaly is a combining form meaning “irregular enlargement” of the organ of the body specified by the initial element: cardiomegaly.

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