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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. Kartu 1

    Pertanyaan

    oste-, osteo-

    Jawaban

    Bone.

  2. Kartu 2

    Pertanyaan

    cardi-, cardio-

    Jawaban

    Heart.

  3. Kartu 3

    Pertanyaan

    neur-

    Jawaban

    Nerves.

  4. Kartu 4

    Pertanyaan

    derm-, derma-

    Jawaban

    Skin.

  5. Kartu 5

    Pertanyaan

    gastr-, gastro-

    Jawaban

    Stomach.

  6. Kartu 6

    Pertanyaan

    enceph-

    Jawaban

    Brain.

  7. Kartu 7

    Pertanyaan

    neph-

    Jawaban

    Kidney.

  8. Kartu 8

    Pertanyaan

    macro-

    Jawaban

    Very large.

  9. Kartu 9

    Pertanyaan

    myo-

    Jawaban

    Muscle.

  10. Kartu 10

    Pertanyaan

    hyper-

    Jawaban

    Above normal.

  11. Kartu 11

    Pertanyaan

    rhino-

    Jawaban

    Nose.

  12. Kartu 12

    Pertanyaan

    tachy-

    Jawaban

    Fast.

  13. Kartu 13

    Pertanyaan

    aort-

    Jawaban

    Aorta.

  14. Kartu 14

    Pertanyaan

    peri-

    Jawaban

    Around.

  15. Kartu 15

    Pertanyaan

    hepat-, hepato-

    Jawaban

    Liver.

  16. Kartu 16

    Pertanyaan

    echo-

    Jawaban

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kartu 17

    Pertanyaan

    tympan-, myringo-

    Jawaban

    Eardrum.

  18. Kartu 18

    Pertanyaan

    dys-

    Jawaban

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kartu 19

    Pertanyaan

    arteri-, arterio-

    Jawaban

    Arteries.

  20. Kartu 20

    Pertanyaan

    -ectomy

    Jawaban

    Removal of.

  21. Kartu 21

    Pertanyaan

    lingu-

    Jawaban

    Tongue.

  22. Kartu 22

    Pertanyaan

    -gram

    Jawaban

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kartu 23

    Pertanyaan

    crani-

    Jawaban

    Skull.

  24. Kartu 24

    Pertanyaan

    micro-

    Jawaban

    Small.

  25. Kartu 25

    Pertanyaan

    brachi-, brachio-

    Jawaban

    Arm.

  26. Kartu 26

    Pertanyaan

    hypo-

    Jawaban

    Below normal.

  27. Kartu 27

    Pertanyaan

    angi-, angio-

    Jawaban

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kartu 28

    Pertanyaan

    brady-

    Jawaban

    Slow.

  29. Kartu 29

    Pertanyaan

    cholecyst-

    Jawaban

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kartu 30

    Pertanyaan

    trans-

    Jawaban

    Across.

  31. Kartu 31

    Pertanyaan

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Jawaban

    Eye.

  32. Kartu 32

    Pertanyaan

    electro-

    Jawaban

    Using electricity.

  33. Kartu 33

    Pertanyaan

    vas-, vasc-

    Jawaban

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kartu 34

    Pertanyaan

    mal-

    Jawaban

    Bad.

  35. Kartu 35

    Pertanyaan

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Jawaban

    Esophagus.

  36. Kartu 36

    Pertanyaan

    -otomy

    Jawaban

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kartu 37

    Pertanyaan

    scapula-

    Jawaban

    Shoulder.

  38. Kartu 38

    Pertanyaan

    -graph, -graphy

    Jawaban

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kartu 39

    Pertanyaan

    dorsa-

    Jawaban

    Back.

  40. Kartu 40

    Pertanyaan

    -osis

    Jawaban

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kartu 41

    Pertanyaan

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Jawaban

    Chest.

  42. Kartu 42

    Pertanyaan

    -ology

    Jawaban

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kartu 43

    Pertanyaan

    carp-, carpo-

    Jawaban

    Wrist.

  44. Kartu 44

    Pertanyaan

    -iatry

    Jawaban

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kartu 45

    Pertanyaan

    ileo-

    Jawaban

    Small intestine.

  46. Kartu 46

    Pertanyaan

    inter-

    Jawaban

    Between.

  47. Kartu 47

    Pertanyaan

    mamm-, mammo-

    Jawaban

    Breast.

  48. Kartu 48

    Pertanyaan

    -eal

    Jawaban

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kartu 49

    Pertanyaan

    odont-, dento-

    Jawaban

    Tooth.

  50. Kartu 50

    Pertanyaan

    -emia

    Jawaban

    A blood condition.

  51. Kartu 51

    Pertanyaan

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Jawaban

    Veins.

  52. Kartu 52

    Pertanyaan

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Jawaban

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kartu 53

    Pertanyaan

    ceph-

    Jawaban

    Head.

  54. Kartu 54

    Pertanyaan

    -itis

    Jawaban

    Inflammation.

  55. Kartu 55

    Pertanyaan

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Jawaban

    Blood clot.

  56. Kartu 56

    Pertanyaan

    -pathy

    Jawaban

    Disease.

  57. Kartu 57

    Pertanyaan

    colo-

    Jawaban

    Large intestine.

  58. Kartu 58

    Pertanyaan

    -ologist

    Jawaban

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

  59. Kartu 59

    Pertanyaan

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Jawaban

    Lung.

  60. Kartu 60

    Pertanyaan

    -iatrist

    Jawaban

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kartu 61

    Pertanyaan

    oto-

    Jawaban

    Ear.

  62. Kartu 62

    Pertanyaan

    endo-

    Jawaban

    Within or inside.

  63. Kartu 63

    Pertanyaan

    cost-, costo-

    Jawaban

    Rib.

  64. Kartu 64

    Pertanyaan

    -scopy

    Jawaban

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kartu 65

    Pertanyaan

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Jawaban

    Blood.

  66. Kartu 66

    Pertanyaan

    megalo-, -megaly

    Jawaban

    Large.

  67. Kartu 67

    Pertanyaan

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Jawaban

    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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