macro-, macr-

(Greek: large, great; long [in extent or duration]; enlarged, or elongated, long [in length]; abnormally large)


macrocephalus
macrocephaly
An abnormally large head; but it differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.
macrocheilia
macrocheiria, macrochiria
Abnormally large hands.
macrochires
A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds; so called because of the length of the distal (remote) part of the wing.
macroclastic
Rock composed of fragments visible to the naked eye.
macroclemys
Alligator snapping turtles.
macroclimate
The general climate over a broad area of the earth's surface, as distinguished from mesoclimate or microclimate.
macrococcus
macrocode
A computer coding language containing macros.
macroconsumer
Any large organism that ingests smaller organisms.
macrocosm
1. The whole extent of the universe or everything that exists everywhere.
2. A very large or very general frame of reference.
3. The total or entire complex structure of something: "the macrocosm of war".
4. A representation of a smaller unit or entity by a larger one, presumably of a similar structure.
5. The great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole; as opposed to microcosm.
6. A complex structure; such as, the world or the universe, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar smaller-scale structures.
macrocosmic
Relating to, referring to, or constituting a macrocosm; for example, a complex structure; such as, the world or the universe, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar smaller-scale structures.
macrocrania
An exceptionally large cranium in relation to the face, a characteristic of hydrocephalus.
macrocycle
An organic macromolecule containing a cyclic element of usually more than fifteen atoms.

Related "big, large, great" words: grand-; magni-; major-; maxi-; mega-; megalo-.


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