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-partson 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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Tarjeta 1
Pregunta
oste-, osteo-
Respuesta
Bone.
Tarjeta 2
Pregunta
cardi-, cardio-
Respuesta
Heart.
Tarjeta 3
Pregunta
neur-
Respuesta
Nerves.
Tarjeta 4
Pregunta
derm-, derma-
Respuesta
Skin.
Tarjeta 5
Pregunta
gastr-, gastro-
Respuesta
Stomach.
Tarjeta 6
Pregunta
enceph-
Respuesta
Brain.
Tarjeta 7
Pregunta
neph-
Respuesta
Kidney.
Tarjeta 8
Pregunta
macro-
Respuesta
Very large.
Tarjeta 9
Pregunta
myo-
Respuesta
Muscle.
Tarjeta 10
Pregunta
hyper-
Respuesta
Above normal.
Tarjeta 11
Pregunta
rhino-
Respuesta
Nose.
Tarjeta 12
Pregunta
tachy-
Respuesta
Fast.
Tarjeta 13
Pregunta
aort-
Respuesta
Aorta.
Tarjeta 14
Pregunta
peri-
Respuesta
Around.
Tarjeta 15
Pregunta
hepat-, hepato-
Respuesta
Liver.
Tarjeta 16
Pregunta
echo-
Respuesta
Using ultrasonic waves.
Tarjeta 17
Pregunta
tympan-, myringo-
Respuesta
Eardrum.
Tarjeta 18
Pregunta
dys-
Respuesta
Not working correctly.
Tarjeta 19
Pregunta
arteri-, arterio-
Respuesta
Arteries.
Tarjeta 20
Pregunta
-ectomy
Respuesta
Removal of.
Tarjeta 21
Pregunta
lingu-
Respuesta
Tongue.
Tarjeta 22
Pregunta
-gram
Respuesta
A picture or recording.
Tarjeta 23
Pregunta
crani-
Respuesta
Skull.
Tarjeta 24
Pregunta
micro-
Respuesta
Small.
Tarjeta 25
Pregunta
brachi-, brachio-
Respuesta
Arm.
Tarjeta 26
Pregunta
hypo-
Respuesta
Below normal.
Tarjeta 27
Pregunta
angi-, angio-
Respuesta
Blood vessels.
Tarjeta 28
Pregunta
brady-
Respuesta
Slow.
Tarjeta 29
Pregunta
cholecyst-
Respuesta
Gallbladder.
Tarjeta 30
Pregunta
trans-
Respuesta
Across.
Tarjeta 31
Pregunta
ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-
Respuesta
Eye.
Tarjeta 32
Pregunta
electro-
Respuesta
Using electricity.
Tarjeta 33
Pregunta
vas-, vasc-
Respuesta
Veins and arteries.
Tarjeta 34
Pregunta
mal-
Respuesta
Bad.
Tarjeta 35
Pregunta
esoph-, esopha-, esophag-
Respuesta
Esophagus.
Tarjeta 36
Pregunta
-otomy
Respuesta
Making a cut in.
Tarjeta 37
Pregunta
scapula-
Respuesta
Shoulder.
Tarjeta 38
Pregunta
-graph, -graphy
Respuesta
The process of making a picture.
Tarjeta 39
Pregunta
dorsa-
Respuesta
Back.
Tarjeta 40
Pregunta
-osis
Respuesta
A condition or disease.
Tarjeta 41
Pregunta
thorac-, thoraco-
Respuesta
Chest.
Tarjeta 42
Pregunta
-ology
Respuesta
The study of a part of the body.
Tarjeta 43
Pregunta
carp-, carpo-
Respuesta
Wrist.
Tarjeta 44
Pregunta
-iatry
Respuesta
Medical treatment.
Tarjeta 45
Pregunta
ileo-
Respuesta
Small intestine.
Tarjeta 46
Pregunta
inter-
Respuesta
Between.
Tarjeta 47
Pregunta
mamm-, mammo-
Respuesta
Breast.
Tarjeta 48
Pregunta
-eal
Respuesta
Pertaining to.
Tarjeta 49
Pregunta
odont-, dento-
Respuesta
Tooth.
Tarjeta 50
Pregunta
-emia
Respuesta
A blood condition.
Tarjeta 51
Pregunta
ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-
Respuesta
Veins.
Tarjeta 52
Pregunta
-stomy, -ostomy
Respuesta
Creating an opening.
Tarjeta 53
Pregunta
ceph-
Respuesta
Head.
Tarjeta 54
Pregunta
-itis
Respuesta
Inflammation.
Tarjeta 55
Pregunta
thromb-, thrombo-
Respuesta
Blood clot.
Tarjeta 56
Pregunta
-pathy
Respuesta
Disease.
Tarjeta 57
Pregunta
colo-
Respuesta
Large intestine.
Tarjeta 58
Pregunta
-ologist
Respuesta
A person who works with a specific body part or disease.
Tarjeta 59
Pregunta
pneumo-, pleura-
Respuesta
Lung.
Tarjeta 60
Pregunta
-iatrist
Respuesta
A person who provides a specific treatment.
Tarjeta 61
Pregunta
oto-
Respuesta
Ear.
Tarjeta 62
Pregunta
endo-
Respuesta
Within or inside.
Tarjeta 63
Pregunta
cost-, costo-
Respuesta
Rib.
Tarjeta 64
Pregunta
-scopy
Respuesta
Use of an instrument for viewing.
Tarjeta 65
Pregunta
hem-, hemo-, sangu-
Respuesta
Blood.
Tarjeta 66
Pregunta
megalo-, -megaly
Respuesta
Large.
Tarjeta 67
Pregunta
pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-
Respuesta
Foot.
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Medical Terminology Flashcards: 67 Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots
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