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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. Carta 1

    Domanda

    oste-, osteo-

    Risposta

    Bone.

  2. Carta 2

    Domanda

    cardi-, cardio-

    Risposta

    Heart.

  3. Carta 3

    Domanda

    neur-

    Risposta

    Nerves.

  4. Carta 4

    Domanda

    derm-, derma-

    Risposta

    Skin.

  5. Carta 5

    Domanda

    gastr-, gastro-

    Risposta

    Stomach.

  6. Carta 6

    Domanda

    enceph-

    Risposta

    Brain.

  7. Carta 7

    Domanda

    neph-

    Risposta

    Kidney.

  8. Carta 8

    Domanda

    macro-

    Risposta

    Very large.

  9. Carta 9

    Domanda

    myo-

    Risposta

    Muscle.

  10. Carta 10

    Domanda

    hyper-

    Risposta

    Above normal.

  11. Carta 11

    Domanda

    rhino-

    Risposta

    Nose.

  12. Carta 12

    Domanda

    tachy-

    Risposta

    Fast.

  13. Carta 13

    Domanda

    aort-

    Risposta

    Aorta.

  14. Carta 14

    Domanda

    peri-

    Risposta

    Around.

  15. Carta 15

    Domanda

    hepat-, hepato-

    Risposta

    Liver.

  16. Carta 16

    Domanda

    echo-

    Risposta

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Carta 17

    Domanda

    tympan-, myringo-

    Risposta

    Eardrum.

  18. Carta 18

    Domanda

    dys-

    Risposta

    Not working correctly.

  19. Carta 19

    Domanda

    arteri-, arterio-

    Risposta

    Arteries.

  20. Carta 20

    Domanda

    -ectomy

    Risposta

    Removal of.

  21. Carta 21

    Domanda

    lingu-

    Risposta

    Tongue.

  22. Carta 22

    Domanda

    -gram

    Risposta

    A picture or recording.

  23. Carta 23

    Domanda

    crani-

    Risposta

    Skull.

  24. Carta 24

    Domanda

    micro-

    Risposta

    Small.

  25. Carta 25

    Domanda

    brachi-, brachio-

    Risposta

    Arm.

  26. Carta 26

    Domanda

    hypo-

    Risposta

    Below normal.

  27. Carta 27

    Domanda

    angi-, angio-

    Risposta

    Blood vessels.

  28. Carta 28

    Domanda

    brady-

    Risposta

    Slow.

  29. Carta 29

    Domanda

    cholecyst-

    Risposta

    Gallbladder.

  30. Carta 30

    Domanda

    trans-

    Risposta

    Across.

  31. Carta 31

    Domanda

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Risposta

    Eye.

  32. Carta 32

    Domanda

    electro-

    Risposta

    Using electricity.

  33. Carta 33

    Domanda

    vas-, vasc-

    Risposta

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Carta 34

    Domanda

    mal-

    Risposta

    Bad.

  35. Carta 35

    Domanda

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Risposta

    Esophagus.

  36. Carta 36

    Domanda

    -otomy

    Risposta

    Making a cut in.

  37. Carta 37

    Domanda

    scapula-

    Risposta

    Shoulder.

  38. Carta 38

    Domanda

    -graph, -graphy

    Risposta

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Carta 39

    Domanda

    dorsa-

    Risposta

    Back.

  40. Carta 40

    Domanda

    -osis

    Risposta

    A condition or disease.

  41. Carta 41

    Domanda

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Risposta

    Chest.

  42. Carta 42

    Domanda

    -ology

    Risposta

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Carta 43

    Domanda

    carp-, carpo-

    Risposta

    Wrist.

  44. Carta 44

    Domanda

    -iatry

    Risposta

    Medical treatment.

  45. Carta 45

    Domanda

    ileo-

    Risposta

    Small intestine.

  46. Carta 46

    Domanda

    inter-

    Risposta

    Between.

  47. Carta 47

    Domanda

    mamm-, mammo-

    Risposta

    Breast.

  48. Carta 48

    Domanda

    -eal

    Risposta

    Pertaining to.

  49. Carta 49

    Domanda

    odont-, dento-

    Risposta

    Tooth.

  50. Carta 50

    Domanda

    -emia

    Risposta

    A blood condition.

  51. Carta 51

    Domanda

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Risposta

    Veins.

  52. Carta 52

    Domanda

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Risposta

    Creating an opening.

  53. Carta 53

    Domanda

    ceph-

    Risposta

    Head.

  54. Carta 54

    Domanda

    -itis

    Risposta

    Inflammation.

  55. Carta 55

    Domanda

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Risposta

    Blood clot.

  56. Carta 56

    Domanda

    -pathy

    Risposta

    Disease.

  57. Carta 57

    Domanda

    colo-

    Risposta

    Large intestine.

  58. Carta 58

    Domanda

    -ologist

    Risposta

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

  59. Carta 59

    Domanda

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Risposta

    Lung.

  60. Carta 60

    Domanda

    -iatrist

    Risposta

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Carta 61

    Domanda

    oto-

    Risposta

    Ear.

  62. Carta 62

    Domanda

    endo-

    Risposta

    Within or inside.

  63. Carta 63

    Domanda

    cost-, costo-

    Risposta

    Rib.

  64. Carta 64

    Domanda

    -scopy

    Risposta

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Carta 65

    Domanda

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Risposta

    Blood.

  66. Carta 66

    Domanda

    megalo-, -megaly

    Risposta

    Large.

  67. Carta 67

    Domanda

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Risposta

    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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