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Medical Terminology Flashcards: 67 Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

Study 67 common medical prefixes, suffixes, and roots with installable flashcards based on the U.S. National Library of Medicine tutorial.

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Medical Terminology Flashcards: 67 Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

Study 67 medical word-part → English meaning mappings from the U.S. National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus Understanding Medical Words tutorial. This beginner deck teaches terminology only and is not medical advice.

What is included

  • 37 root and body-part mapping groups plus 30 beginning and ending mapping groups taught in the tutorial's finite Word Roots and Beginnings and Endings sections.
  • One ordinary basic card per mapping group. The front is the shortest unambiguous word-part cue, with true source-listed spelling variants grouped on one card. The back begins with the English meaning.
  • The single tag medical-word-parts on every card.

How recall works

Every card practices one direction: medical word part → English meaning. Meaning → word-part reverse cards are excluded because multiple roots or affixes can share a meaning, so a reverse cue is often ambiguous. Term-construction and composite prompts are excluded because assembling a medical term is a different skill from recalling one word part. Abbreviations and full medical-term definitions are also excluded so each review has one clear target.

Learning order

The first seven cards establish familiar roots for bone, heart, nerves, skin, stomach, brain, and kidney. The remaining 60 cards alternate roots with beginnings or endings. Opposite size, level, and speed pairs are separated by 16 cards; related procedure endings and specialist endings are also spaced apart. Closely related anatomy roots are distributed across the sequence rather than placed in body-system runs, and no adjacent cards are synonymous, opposites, or an exact word-part combination used by the tutorial's examples. The order is fixed and deterministic.

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Sources and license

The mapping inventory and every answer were checked against the National Library of Medicine's Understanding Medical Words tutorial, including its Word Roots and Beginnings and Endings sections. MedlinePlus Appendix A was used as the broader word-parts reference, but entries not taught in the finite tutorial were excluded. The source review was completed on August 16, 2026.

Source facts are acknowledged rather than relicensed. The organization, wording, metadata, description, and generated cover artwork are original and dedicated under CC0 1.0 Universal. This independent study deck is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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  1. Karte 1

    Frage

    oste-, osteo-

    Antwort

    Bone.

  2. Karte 2

    Frage

    cardi-, cardio-

    Antwort

    Heart.

  3. Karte 3

    Frage

    neur-

    Antwort

    Nerves.

  4. Karte 4

    Frage

    derm-, derma-

    Antwort

    Skin.

  5. Karte 5

    Frage

    gastr-, gastro-

    Antwort

    Stomach.

  6. Karte 6

    Frage

    enceph-

    Antwort

    Brain.

  7. Karte 7

    Frage

    neph-

    Antwort

    Kidney.

  8. Karte 8

    Frage

    macro-

    Antwort

    Very large.

  9. Karte 9

    Frage

    myo-

    Antwort

    Muscle.

  10. Karte 10

    Frage

    hyper-

    Antwort

    Above normal.

  11. Karte 11

    Frage

    rhino-

    Antwort

    Nose.

  12. Karte 12

    Frage

    tachy-

    Antwort

    Fast.

  13. Karte 13

    Frage

    aort-

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    Aorta.

  14. Karte 14

    Frage

    peri-

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    Around.

  15. Karte 15

    Frage

    hepat-, hepato-

    Antwort

    Liver.

  16. Karte 16

    Frage

    echo-

    Antwort

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Karte 17

    Frage

    tympan-, myringo-

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    Eardrum.

  18. Karte 18

    Frage

    dys-

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    Not working correctly.

  19. Karte 19

    Frage

    arteri-, arterio-

    Antwort

    Arteries.

  20. Karte 20

    Frage

    -ectomy

    Antwort

    Removal of.

  21. Karte 21

    Frage

    lingu-

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    Tongue.

  22. Karte 22

    Frage

    -gram

    Antwort

    A picture or recording.

  23. Karte 23

    Frage

    crani-

    Antwort

    Skull.

  24. Karte 24

    Frage

    micro-

    Antwort

    Small.

  25. Karte 25

    Frage

    brachi-, brachio-

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    Arm.

  26. Karte 26

    Frage

    hypo-

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    Below normal.

  27. Karte 27

    Frage

    angi-, angio-

    Antwort

    Blood vessels.

  28. Karte 28

    Frage

    brady-

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    Slow.

  29. Karte 29

    Frage

    cholecyst-

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    Gallbladder.

  30. Karte 30

    Frage

    trans-

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    Across.

  31. Karte 31

    Frage

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Antwort

    Eye.

  32. Karte 32

    Frage

    electro-

    Antwort

    Using electricity.

  33. Karte 33

    Frage

    vas-, vasc-

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    Veins and arteries.

  34. Karte 34

    Frage

    mal-

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    Bad.

  35. Karte 35

    Frage

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Antwort

    Esophagus.

  36. Karte 36

    Frage

    -otomy

    Antwort

    Making a cut in.

  37. Karte 37

    Frage

    scapula-

    Antwort

    Shoulder.

  38. Karte 38

    Frage

    -graph, -graphy

    Antwort

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Karte 39

    Frage

    dorsa-

    Antwort

    Back.

  40. Karte 40

    Frage

    -osis

    Antwort

    A condition or disease.

  41. Karte 41

    Frage

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Antwort

    Chest.

  42. Karte 42

    Frage

    -ology

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    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Karte 43

    Frage

    carp-, carpo-

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    Wrist.

  44. Karte 44

    Frage

    -iatry

    Antwort

    Medical treatment.

  45. Karte 45

    Frage

    ileo-

    Antwort

    Small intestine.

  46. Karte 46

    Frage

    inter-

    Antwort

    Between.

  47. Karte 47

    Frage

    mamm-, mammo-

    Antwort

    Breast.

  48. Karte 48

    Frage

    -eal

    Antwort

    Pertaining to.

  49. Karte 49

    Frage

    odont-, dento-

    Antwort

    Tooth.

  50. Karte 50

    Frage

    -emia

    Antwort

    A blood condition.

  51. Karte 51

    Frage

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Antwort

    Veins.

  52. Karte 52

    Frage

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Antwort

    Creating an opening.

  53. Karte 53

    Frage

    ceph-

    Antwort

    Head.

  54. Karte 54

    Frage

    -itis

    Antwort

    Inflammation.

  55. Karte 55

    Frage

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Antwort

    Blood clot.

  56. Karte 56

    Frage

    -pathy

    Antwort

    Disease.

  57. Karte 57

    Frage

    colo-

    Antwort

    Large intestine.

  58. Karte 58

    Frage

    -ologist

    Antwort

    A person who works with a specific body part or disease.

  59. Karte 59

    Frage

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Antwort

    Lung.

  60. Karte 60

    Frage

    -iatrist

    Antwort

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Karte 61

    Frage

    oto-

    Antwort

    Ear.

  62. Karte 62

    Frage

    endo-

    Antwort

    Within or inside.

  63. Karte 63

    Frage

    cost-, costo-

    Antwort

    Rib.

  64. Karte 64

    Frage

    -scopy

    Antwort

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Karte 65

    Frage

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Antwort

    Blood.

  66. Karte 66

    Frage

    megalo-, -megaly

    Antwort

    Large.

  67. Karte 67

    Frage

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Antwort

    Foot.

Blank modular word-part tiles connect a heart, bone, brain, and stomach on a deep blue background.

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Medical Terminology Flashcards: 67 Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

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