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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. Spjald 1

    Spurning

    oste-, osteo-

    Svar

    Bone.

  2. Spjald 2

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    cardi-, cardio-

    Svar

    Heart.

  3. Spjald 3

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    neur-

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    Nerves.

  4. Spjald 4

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    derm-, derma-

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    Skin.

  5. Spjald 5

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    gastr-, gastro-

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    Stomach.

  6. Spjald 6

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    enceph-

    Svar

    Brain.

  7. Spjald 7

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    neph-

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    Kidney.

  8. Spjald 8

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    macro-

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    Very large.

  9. Spjald 9

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    myo-

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    Muscle.

  10. Spjald 10

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    hyper-

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    Above normal.

  11. Spjald 11

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    rhino-

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    Nose.

  12. Spjald 12

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    tachy-

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    Fast.

  13. Spjald 13

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    aort-

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    Aorta.

  14. Spjald 14

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    peri-

    Svar

    Around.

  15. Spjald 15

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    hepat-, hepato-

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    Liver.

  16. Spjald 16

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    echo-

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    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Spjald 17

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    tympan-, myringo-

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    Eardrum.

  18. Spjald 18

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    dys-

    Svar

    Not working correctly.

  19. Spjald 19

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    arteri-, arterio-

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    Arteries.

  20. Spjald 20

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    -ectomy

    Svar

    Removal of.

  21. Spjald 21

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    lingu-

    Svar

    Tongue.

  22. Spjald 22

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    -gram

    Svar

    A picture or recording.

  23. Spjald 23

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    crani-

    Svar

    Skull.

  24. Spjald 24

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    micro-

    Svar

    Small.

  25. Spjald 25

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    brachi-, brachio-

    Svar

    Arm.

  26. Spjald 26

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    hypo-

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    Below normal.

  27. Spjald 27

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    angi-, angio-

    Svar

    Blood vessels.

  28. Spjald 28

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    brady-

    Svar

    Slow.

  29. Spjald 29

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    cholecyst-

    Svar

    Gallbladder.

  30. Spjald 30

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    trans-

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    Across.

  31. Spjald 31

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    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Svar

    Eye.

  32. Spjald 32

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    electro-

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    Using electricity.

  33. Spjald 33

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    vas-, vasc-

    Svar

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Spjald 34

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    mal-

    Svar

    Bad.

  35. Spjald 35

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    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Svar

    Esophagus.

  36. Spjald 36

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    -otomy

    Svar

    Making a cut in.

  37. Spjald 37

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    scapula-

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    Shoulder.

  38. Spjald 38

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    -graph, -graphy

    Svar

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Spjald 39

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    dorsa-

    Svar

    Back.

  40. Spjald 40

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    -osis

    Svar

    A condition or disease.

  41. Spjald 41

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    thorac-, thoraco-

    Svar

    Chest.

  42. Spjald 42

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    -ology

    Svar

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Spjald 43

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    carp-, carpo-

    Svar

    Wrist.

  44. Spjald 44

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    -iatry

    Svar

    Medical treatment.

  45. Spjald 45

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    ileo-

    Svar

    Small intestine.

  46. Spjald 46

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    inter-

    Svar

    Between.

  47. Spjald 47

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    mamm-, mammo-

    Svar

    Breast.

  48. Spjald 48

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    -eal

    Svar

    Pertaining to.

  49. Spjald 49

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    odont-, dento-

    Svar

    Tooth.

  50. Spjald 50

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    -emia

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    A blood condition.

  51. Spjald 51

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    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

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    Veins.

  52. Spjald 52

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    -stomy, -ostomy

    Svar

    Creating an opening.

  53. Spjald 53

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    ceph-

    Svar

    Head.

  54. Spjald 54

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    -itis

    Svar

    Inflammation.

  55. Spjald 55

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    thromb-, thrombo-

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    Blood clot.

  56. Spjald 56

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    -pathy

    Svar

    Disease.

  57. Spjald 57

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    colo-

    Svar

    Large intestine.

  58. Spjald 58

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    -ologist

    Svar

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

  59. Spjald 59

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    pneumo-, pleura-

    Svar

    Lung.

  60. Spjald 60

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    -iatrist

    Svar

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Spjald 61

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    oto-

    Svar

    Ear.

  62. Spjald 62

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    endo-

    Svar

    Within or inside.

  63. Spjald 63

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    cost-, costo-

    Svar

    Rib.

  64. Spjald 64

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    -scopy

    Svar

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Spjald 65

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    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Svar

    Blood.

  66. Spjald 66

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    megalo-, -megaly

    Svar

    Large.

  67. Spjald 67

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    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Svar

    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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