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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. Kaart 1

    Küsimus

    oste-, osteo-

    Vastus

    Bone.

  2. Kaart 2

    Küsimus

    cardi-, cardio-

    Vastus

    Heart.

  3. Kaart 3

    Küsimus

    neur-

    Vastus

    Nerves.

  4. Kaart 4

    Küsimus

    derm-, derma-

    Vastus

    Skin.

  5. Kaart 5

    Küsimus

    gastr-, gastro-

    Vastus

    Stomach.

  6. Kaart 6

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    enceph-

    Vastus

    Brain.

  7. Kaart 7

    Küsimus

    neph-

    Vastus

    Kidney.

  8. Kaart 8

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    macro-

    Vastus

    Very large.

  9. Kaart 9

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    myo-

    Vastus

    Muscle.

  10. Kaart 10

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    hyper-

    Vastus

    Above normal.

  11. Kaart 11

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    rhino-

    Vastus

    Nose.

  12. Kaart 12

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    tachy-

    Vastus

    Fast.

  13. Kaart 13

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    aort-

    Vastus

    Aorta.

  14. Kaart 14

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    peri-

    Vastus

    Around.

  15. Kaart 15

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    hepat-, hepato-

    Vastus

    Liver.

  16. Kaart 16

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    echo-

    Vastus

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kaart 17

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    tympan-, myringo-

    Vastus

    Eardrum.

  18. Kaart 18

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    dys-

    Vastus

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kaart 19

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    arteri-, arterio-

    Vastus

    Arteries.

  20. Kaart 20

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    -ectomy

    Vastus

    Removal of.

  21. Kaart 21

    Küsimus

    lingu-

    Vastus

    Tongue.

  22. Kaart 22

    Küsimus

    -gram

    Vastus

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kaart 23

    Küsimus

    crani-

    Vastus

    Skull.

  24. Kaart 24

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    micro-

    Vastus

    Small.

  25. Kaart 25

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    brachi-, brachio-

    Vastus

    Arm.

  26. Kaart 26

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    hypo-

    Vastus

    Below normal.

  27. Kaart 27

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    angi-, angio-

    Vastus

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kaart 28

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    brady-

    Vastus

    Slow.

  29. Kaart 29

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    cholecyst-

    Vastus

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kaart 30

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    trans-

    Vastus

    Across.

  31. Kaart 31

    Küsimus

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Vastus

    Eye.

  32. Kaart 32

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    electro-

    Vastus

    Using electricity.

  33. Kaart 33

    Küsimus

    vas-, vasc-

    Vastus

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kaart 34

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    mal-

    Vastus

    Bad.

  35. Kaart 35

    Küsimus

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Vastus

    Esophagus.

  36. Kaart 36

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    -otomy

    Vastus

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kaart 37

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    scapula-

    Vastus

    Shoulder.

  38. Kaart 38

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    -graph, -graphy

    Vastus

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kaart 39

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    dorsa-

    Vastus

    Back.

  40. Kaart 40

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    -osis

    Vastus

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kaart 41

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    thorac-, thoraco-

    Vastus

    Chest.

  42. Kaart 42

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    -ology

    Vastus

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kaart 43

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    carp-, carpo-

    Vastus

    Wrist.

  44. Kaart 44

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    -iatry

    Vastus

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kaart 45

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    ileo-

    Vastus

    Small intestine.

  46. Kaart 46

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    inter-

    Vastus

    Between.

  47. Kaart 47

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    mamm-, mammo-

    Vastus

    Breast.

  48. Kaart 48

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    -eal

    Vastus

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kaart 49

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    odont-, dento-

    Vastus

    Tooth.

  50. Kaart 50

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    -emia

    Vastus

    A blood condition.

  51. Kaart 51

    Küsimus

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Vastus

    Veins.

  52. Kaart 52

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    -stomy, -ostomy

    Vastus

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kaart 53

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    ceph-

    Vastus

    Head.

  54. Kaart 54

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    -itis

    Vastus

    Inflammation.

  55. Kaart 55

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    thromb-, thrombo-

    Vastus

    Blood clot.

  56. Kaart 56

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    -pathy

    Vastus

    Disease.

  57. Kaart 57

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    colo-

    Vastus

    Large intestine.

  58. Kaart 58

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    -ologist

    Vastus

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

  59. Kaart 59

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    pneumo-, pleura-

    Vastus

    Lung.

  60. Kaart 60

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    -iatrist

    Vastus

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kaart 61

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    oto-

    Vastus

    Ear.

  62. Kaart 62

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    endo-

    Vastus

    Within or inside.

  63. Kaart 63

    Küsimus

    cost-, costo-

    Vastus

    Rib.

  64. Kaart 64

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    -scopy

    Vastus

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kaart 65

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    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Vastus

    Blood.

  66. Kaart 66

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    megalo-, -megaly

    Vastus

    Large.

  67. Kaart 67

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    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Vastus

    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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