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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. Targeta 1

    Pregunta

    oste-, osteo-

    Resposta

    Bone.

  2. Targeta 2

    Pregunta

    cardi-, cardio-

    Resposta

    Heart.

  3. Targeta 3

    Pregunta

    neur-

    Resposta

    Nerves.

  4. Targeta 4

    Pregunta

    derm-, derma-

    Resposta

    Skin.

  5. Targeta 5

    Pregunta

    gastr-, gastro-

    Resposta

    Stomach.

  6. Targeta 6

    Pregunta

    enceph-

    Resposta

    Brain.

  7. Targeta 7

    Pregunta

    neph-

    Resposta

    Kidney.

  8. Targeta 8

    Pregunta

    macro-

    Resposta

    Very large.

  9. Targeta 9

    Pregunta

    myo-

    Resposta

    Muscle.

  10. Targeta 10

    Pregunta

    hyper-

    Resposta

    Above normal.

  11. Targeta 11

    Pregunta

    rhino-

    Resposta

    Nose.

  12. Targeta 12

    Pregunta

    tachy-

    Resposta

    Fast.

  13. Targeta 13

    Pregunta

    aort-

    Resposta

    Aorta.

  14. Targeta 14

    Pregunta

    peri-

    Resposta

    Around.

  15. Targeta 15

    Pregunta

    hepat-, hepato-

    Resposta

    Liver.

  16. Targeta 16

    Pregunta

    echo-

    Resposta

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Targeta 17

    Pregunta

    tympan-, myringo-

    Resposta

    Eardrum.

  18. Targeta 18

    Pregunta

    dys-

    Resposta

    Not working correctly.

  19. Targeta 19

    Pregunta

    arteri-, arterio-

    Resposta

    Arteries.

  20. Targeta 20

    Pregunta

    -ectomy

    Resposta

    Removal of.

  21. Targeta 21

    Pregunta

    lingu-

    Resposta

    Tongue.

  22. Targeta 22

    Pregunta

    -gram

    Resposta

    A picture or recording.

  23. Targeta 23

    Pregunta

    crani-

    Resposta

    Skull.

  24. Targeta 24

    Pregunta

    micro-

    Resposta

    Small.

  25. Targeta 25

    Pregunta

    brachi-, brachio-

    Resposta

    Arm.

  26. Targeta 26

    Pregunta

    hypo-

    Resposta

    Below normal.

  27. Targeta 27

    Pregunta

    angi-, angio-

    Resposta

    Blood vessels.

  28. Targeta 28

    Pregunta

    brady-

    Resposta

    Slow.

  29. Targeta 29

    Pregunta

    cholecyst-

    Resposta

    Gallbladder.

  30. Targeta 30

    Pregunta

    trans-

    Resposta

    Across.

  31. Targeta 31

    Pregunta

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Resposta

    Eye.

  32. Targeta 32

    Pregunta

    electro-

    Resposta

    Using electricity.

  33. Targeta 33

    Pregunta

    vas-, vasc-

    Resposta

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Targeta 34

    Pregunta

    mal-

    Resposta

    Bad.

  35. Targeta 35

    Pregunta

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Resposta

    Esophagus.

  36. Targeta 36

    Pregunta

    -otomy

    Resposta

    Making a cut in.

  37. Targeta 37

    Pregunta

    scapula-

    Resposta

    Shoulder.

  38. Targeta 38

    Pregunta

    -graph, -graphy

    Resposta

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Targeta 39

    Pregunta

    dorsa-

    Resposta

    Back.

  40. Targeta 40

    Pregunta

    -osis

    Resposta

    A condition or disease.

  41. Targeta 41

    Pregunta

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Resposta

    Chest.

  42. Targeta 42

    Pregunta

    -ology

    Resposta

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Targeta 43

    Pregunta

    carp-, carpo-

    Resposta

    Wrist.

  44. Targeta 44

    Pregunta

    -iatry

    Resposta

    Medical treatment.

  45. Targeta 45

    Pregunta

    ileo-

    Resposta

    Small intestine.

  46. Targeta 46

    Pregunta

    inter-

    Resposta

    Between.

  47. Targeta 47

    Pregunta

    mamm-, mammo-

    Resposta

    Breast.

  48. Targeta 48

    Pregunta

    -eal

    Resposta

    Pertaining to.

  49. Targeta 49

    Pregunta

    odont-, dento-

    Resposta

    Tooth.

  50. Targeta 50

    Pregunta

    -emia

    Resposta

    A blood condition.

  51. Targeta 51

    Pregunta

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Resposta

    Veins.

  52. Targeta 52

    Pregunta

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Resposta

    Creating an opening.

  53. Targeta 53

    Pregunta

    ceph-

    Resposta

    Head.

  54. Targeta 54

    Pregunta

    -itis

    Resposta

    Inflammation.

  55. Targeta 55

    Pregunta

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Resposta

    Blood clot.

  56. Targeta 56

    Pregunta

    -pathy

    Resposta

    Disease.

  57. Targeta 57

    Pregunta

    colo-

    Resposta

    Large intestine.

  58. Targeta 58

    Pregunta

    -ologist

    Resposta

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

  59. Targeta 59

    Pregunta

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Resposta

    Lung.

  60. Targeta 60

    Pregunta

    -iatrist

    Resposta

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Targeta 61

    Pregunta

    oto-

    Resposta

    Ear.

  62. Targeta 62

    Pregunta

    endo-

    Resposta

    Within or inside.

  63. Targeta 63

    Pregunta

    cost-, costo-

    Resposta

    Rib.

  64. Targeta 64

    Pregunta

    -scopy

    Resposta

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Targeta 65

    Pregunta

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Resposta

    Blood.

  66. Targeta 66

    Pregunta

    megalo-, -megaly

    Resposta

    Large.

  67. Targeta 67

    Pregunta

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Resposta

    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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