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macro-
(word root) largeExamples of words with the root macro-: macrocosm
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macro-
or macr-pref.
1. Large: macronucleus.
2. Long: macrobiotics.
3. Inclusive: macroinstruction.
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macro-
or before a vowelmacr-
combining form
1. large, long, or great in size or duration: macroscopic.
2. (in pathology) indicating abnormal enlargement or overdevelopment: macrocyte. Compare micro-5
3. producing larger than life images: macrophotography.
[from Greek makros large; compare Latin macer meagre]
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mac•ro
(ˈmæk roʊ)adj., n., pl. -ros. adj.
1. very large in scale or capability.
2. of or pertaining to macroeconomics.
n. 3. a single computer instruction that represents a sequence of instructions or keystrokes.
[independent use of macro-, or by shortening of words with macro- as initial element; (definition 5) shortening of macroinstruction]
macro-
a combining form meaning “large” (macromolecule), “abnormally large” (macrocyte), “major, significant” (macroevolution), “not local, extending over a broad area” (macrocosm), “visible to the naked eye” (macrophyte); often contrasting with micro-.
[< Greek makro-, comb. form of makrós long]
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macro-
A prefix that means "large," as in macronucleus, a large kind of nucleus.
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Translations
macro-
[ˌmækrəʊ-] prefix → macro-Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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