Meaning

prefix

mal-

bad, abnormal

LatinGeneral

Terms built from mal-

One term in the TermDecode library uses this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with mal- marked.

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Words that use mal- but do not yet have their own page in the library.

malformation

Other word parts with the same meaning

Parts whose definition shares a gloss with mal-, word for word.

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