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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. Kartica 1

    Pitanje

    oste-, osteo-

    Odgovor

    Bone.

  2. Kartica 2

    Pitanje

    cardi-, cardio-

    Odgovor

    Heart.

  3. Kartica 3

    Pitanje

    neur-

    Odgovor

    Nerves.

  4. Kartica 4

    Pitanje

    derm-, derma-

    Odgovor

    Skin.

  5. Kartica 5

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    gastr-, gastro-

    Odgovor

    Stomach.

  6. Kartica 6

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    enceph-

    Odgovor

    Brain.

  7. Kartica 7

    Pitanje

    neph-

    Odgovor

    Kidney.

  8. Kartica 8

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    macro-

    Odgovor

    Very large.

  9. Kartica 9

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    myo-

    Odgovor

    Muscle.

  10. Kartica 10

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    hyper-

    Odgovor

    Above normal.

  11. Kartica 11

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    rhino-

    Odgovor

    Nose.

  12. Kartica 12

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    tachy-

    Odgovor

    Fast.

  13. Kartica 13

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    aort-

    Odgovor

    Aorta.

  14. Kartica 14

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    peri-

    Odgovor

    Around.

  15. Kartica 15

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    hepat-, hepato-

    Odgovor

    Liver.

  16. Kartica 16

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    echo-

    Odgovor

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kartica 17

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    tympan-, myringo-

    Odgovor

    Eardrum.

  18. Kartica 18

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    dys-

    Odgovor

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kartica 19

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    arteri-, arterio-

    Odgovor

    Arteries.

  20. Kartica 20

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    -ectomy

    Odgovor

    Removal of.

  21. Kartica 21

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    lingu-

    Odgovor

    Tongue.

  22. Kartica 22

    Pitanje

    -gram

    Odgovor

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kartica 23

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    crani-

    Odgovor

    Skull.

  24. Kartica 24

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    micro-

    Odgovor

    Small.

  25. Kartica 25

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    brachi-, brachio-

    Odgovor

    Arm.

  26. Kartica 26

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    hypo-

    Odgovor

    Below normal.

  27. Kartica 27

    Pitanje

    angi-, angio-

    Odgovor

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kartica 28

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    brady-

    Odgovor

    Slow.

  29. Kartica 29

    Pitanje

    cholecyst-

    Odgovor

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kartica 30

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    trans-

    Odgovor

    Across.

  31. Kartica 31

    Pitanje

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Odgovor

    Eye.

  32. Kartica 32

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    electro-

    Odgovor

    Using electricity.

  33. Kartica 33

    Pitanje

    vas-, vasc-

    Odgovor

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kartica 34

    Pitanje

    mal-

    Odgovor

    Bad.

  35. Kartica 35

    Pitanje

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Odgovor

    Esophagus.

  36. Kartica 36

    Pitanje

    -otomy

    Odgovor

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kartica 37

    Pitanje

    scapula-

    Odgovor

    Shoulder.

  38. Kartica 38

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    -graph, -graphy

    Odgovor

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kartica 39

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    dorsa-

    Odgovor

    Back.

  40. Kartica 40

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    -osis

    Odgovor

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kartica 41

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    thorac-, thoraco-

    Odgovor

    Chest.

  42. Kartica 42

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    -ology

    Odgovor

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kartica 43

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    carp-, carpo-

    Odgovor

    Wrist.

  44. Kartica 44

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    -iatry

    Odgovor

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kartica 45

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    ileo-

    Odgovor

    Small intestine.

  46. Kartica 46

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    inter-

    Odgovor

    Between.

  47. Kartica 47

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    mamm-, mammo-

    Odgovor

    Breast.

  48. Kartica 48

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    -eal

    Odgovor

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kartica 49

    Pitanje

    odont-, dento-

    Odgovor

    Tooth.

  50. Kartica 50

    Pitanje

    -emia

    Odgovor

    A blood condition.

  51. Kartica 51

    Pitanje

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Odgovor

    Veins.

  52. Kartica 52

    Pitanje

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Odgovor

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kartica 53

    Pitanje

    ceph-

    Odgovor

    Head.

  54. Kartica 54

    Pitanje

    -itis

    Odgovor

    Inflammation.

  55. Kartica 55

    Pitanje

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Odgovor

    Blood clot.

  56. Kartica 56

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    -pathy

    Odgovor

    Disease.

  57. Kartica 57

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    colo-

    Odgovor

    Large intestine.

  58. Kartica 58

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    -ologist

    Odgovor

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

  59. Kartica 59

    Pitanje

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Odgovor

    Lung.

  60. Kartica 60

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    -iatrist

    Odgovor

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kartica 61

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    oto-

    Odgovor

    Ear.

  62. Kartica 62

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    endo-

    Odgovor

    Within or inside.

  63. Kartica 63

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    cost-, costo-

    Odgovor

    Rib.

  64. Kartica 64

    Pitanje

    -scopy

    Odgovor

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kartica 65

    Pitanje

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Odgovor

    Blood.

  66. Kartica 66

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    megalo-, -megaly

    Odgovor

    Large.

  67. Kartica 67

    Pitanje

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Odgovor

    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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