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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. Kortti 1

    Kysymys

    oste-, osteo-

    Vastaus

    Bone.

  2. Kortti 2

    Kysymys

    cardi-, cardio-

    Vastaus

    Heart.

  3. Kortti 3

    Kysymys

    neur-

    Vastaus

    Nerves.

  4. Kortti 4

    Kysymys

    derm-, derma-

    Vastaus

    Skin.

  5. Kortti 5

    Kysymys

    gastr-, gastro-

    Vastaus

    Stomach.

  6. Kortti 6

    Kysymys

    enceph-

    Vastaus

    Brain.

  7. Kortti 7

    Kysymys

    neph-

    Vastaus

    Kidney.

  8. Kortti 8

    Kysymys

    macro-

    Vastaus

    Very large.

  9. Kortti 9

    Kysymys

    myo-

    Vastaus

    Muscle.

  10. Kortti 10

    Kysymys

    hyper-

    Vastaus

    Above normal.

  11. Kortti 11

    Kysymys

    rhino-

    Vastaus

    Nose.

  12. Kortti 12

    Kysymys

    tachy-

    Vastaus

    Fast.

  13. Kortti 13

    Kysymys

    aort-

    Vastaus

    Aorta.

  14. Kortti 14

    Kysymys

    peri-

    Vastaus

    Around.

  15. Kortti 15

    Kysymys

    hepat-, hepato-

    Vastaus

    Liver.

  16. Kortti 16

    Kysymys

    echo-

    Vastaus

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kortti 17

    Kysymys

    tympan-, myringo-

    Vastaus

    Eardrum.

  18. Kortti 18

    Kysymys

    dys-

    Vastaus

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kortti 19

    Kysymys

    arteri-, arterio-

    Vastaus

    Arteries.

  20. Kortti 20

    Kysymys

    -ectomy

    Vastaus

    Removal of.

  21. Kortti 21

    Kysymys

    lingu-

    Vastaus

    Tongue.

  22. Kortti 22

    Kysymys

    -gram

    Vastaus

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kortti 23

    Kysymys

    crani-

    Vastaus

    Skull.

  24. Kortti 24

    Kysymys

    micro-

    Vastaus

    Small.

  25. Kortti 25

    Kysymys

    brachi-, brachio-

    Vastaus

    Arm.

  26. Kortti 26

    Kysymys

    hypo-

    Vastaus

    Below normal.

  27. Kortti 27

    Kysymys

    angi-, angio-

    Vastaus

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kortti 28

    Kysymys

    brady-

    Vastaus

    Slow.

  29. Kortti 29

    Kysymys

    cholecyst-

    Vastaus

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kortti 30

    Kysymys

    trans-

    Vastaus

    Across.

  31. Kortti 31

    Kysymys

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Vastaus

    Eye.

  32. Kortti 32

    Kysymys

    electro-

    Vastaus

    Using electricity.

  33. Kortti 33

    Kysymys

    vas-, vasc-

    Vastaus

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kortti 34

    Kysymys

    mal-

    Vastaus

    Bad.

  35. Kortti 35

    Kysymys

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Vastaus

    Esophagus.

  36. Kortti 36

    Kysymys

    -otomy

    Vastaus

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kortti 37

    Kysymys

    scapula-

    Vastaus

    Shoulder.

  38. Kortti 38

    Kysymys

    -graph, -graphy

    Vastaus

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kortti 39

    Kysymys

    dorsa-

    Vastaus

    Back.

  40. Kortti 40

    Kysymys

    -osis

    Vastaus

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kortti 41

    Kysymys

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Vastaus

    Chest.

  42. Kortti 42

    Kysymys

    -ology

    Vastaus

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kortti 43

    Kysymys

    carp-, carpo-

    Vastaus

    Wrist.

  44. Kortti 44

    Kysymys

    -iatry

    Vastaus

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kortti 45

    Kysymys

    ileo-

    Vastaus

    Small intestine.

  46. Kortti 46

    Kysymys

    inter-

    Vastaus

    Between.

  47. Kortti 47

    Kysymys

    mamm-, mammo-

    Vastaus

    Breast.

  48. Kortti 48

    Kysymys

    -eal

    Vastaus

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kortti 49

    Kysymys

    odont-, dento-

    Vastaus

    Tooth.

  50. Kortti 50

    Kysymys

    -emia

    Vastaus

    A blood condition.

  51. Kortti 51

    Kysymys

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Vastaus

    Veins.

  52. Kortti 52

    Kysymys

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Vastaus

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kortti 53

    Kysymys

    ceph-

    Vastaus

    Head.

  54. Kortti 54

    Kysymys

    -itis

    Vastaus

    Inflammation.

  55. Kortti 55

    Kysymys

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Vastaus

    Blood clot.

  56. Kortti 56

    Kysymys

    -pathy

    Vastaus

    Disease.

  57. Kortti 57

    Kysymys

    colo-

    Vastaus

    Large intestine.

  58. Kortti 58

    Kysymys

    -ologist

    Vastaus

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

  59. Kortti 59

    Kysymys

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Vastaus

    Lung.

  60. Kortti 60

    Kysymys

    -iatrist

    Vastaus

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kortti 61

    Kysymys

    oto-

    Vastaus

    Ear.

  62. Kortti 62

    Kysymys

    endo-

    Vastaus

    Within or inside.

  63. Kortti 63

    Kysymys

    cost-, costo-

    Vastaus

    Rib.

  64. Kortti 64

    Kysymys

    -scopy

    Vastaus

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kortti 65

    Kysymys

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Vastaus

    Blood.

  66. Kortti 66

    Kysymys

    megalo-, -megaly

    Vastaus

    Large.

  67. Kortti 67

    Kysymys

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Vastaus

    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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