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-partson 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.
Šio rinkinio kortelės
1 kortelė
Klausimas
oste-, osteo-
Atsakymas
Bone.
2 kortelė
Klausimas
cardi-, cardio-
Atsakymas
Heart.
3 kortelė
Klausimas
neur-
Atsakymas
Nerves.
4 kortelė
Klausimas
derm-, derma-
Atsakymas
Skin.
5 kortelė
Klausimas
gastr-, gastro-
Atsakymas
Stomach.
6 kortelė
Klausimas
enceph-
Atsakymas
Brain.
7 kortelė
Klausimas
neph-
Atsakymas
Kidney.
8 kortelė
Klausimas
macro-
Atsakymas
Very large.
9 kortelė
Klausimas
myo-
Atsakymas
Muscle.
10 kortelė
Klausimas
hyper-
Atsakymas
Above normal.
11 kortelė
Klausimas
rhino-
Atsakymas
Nose.
12 kortelė
Klausimas
tachy-
Atsakymas
Fast.
13 kortelė
Klausimas
aort-
Atsakymas
Aorta.
14 kortelė
Klausimas
peri-
Atsakymas
Around.
15 kortelė
Klausimas
hepat-, hepato-
Atsakymas
Liver.
16 kortelė
Klausimas
echo-
Atsakymas
Using ultrasonic waves.
17 kortelė
Klausimas
tympan-, myringo-
Atsakymas
Eardrum.
18 kortelė
Klausimas
dys-
Atsakymas
Not working correctly.
19 kortelė
Klausimas
arteri-, arterio-
Atsakymas
Arteries.
20 kortelė
Klausimas
-ectomy
Atsakymas
Removal of.
21 kortelė
Klausimas
lingu-
Atsakymas
Tongue.
22 kortelė
Klausimas
-gram
Atsakymas
A picture or recording.
23 kortelė
Klausimas
crani-
Atsakymas
Skull.
24 kortelė
Klausimas
micro-
Atsakymas
Small.
25 kortelė
Klausimas
brachi-, brachio-
Atsakymas
Arm.
26 kortelė
Klausimas
hypo-
Atsakymas
Below normal.
27 kortelė
Klausimas
angi-, angio-
Atsakymas
Blood vessels.
28 kortelė
Klausimas
brady-
Atsakymas
Slow.
29 kortelė
Klausimas
cholecyst-
Atsakymas
Gallbladder.
30 kortelė
Klausimas
trans-
Atsakymas
Across.
31 kortelė
Klausimas
ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-
Atsakymas
Eye.
32 kortelė
Klausimas
electro-
Atsakymas
Using electricity.
33 kortelė
Klausimas
vas-, vasc-
Atsakymas
Veins and arteries.
34 kortelė
Klausimas
mal-
Atsakymas
Bad.
35 kortelė
Klausimas
esoph-, esopha-, esophag-
Atsakymas
Esophagus.
36 kortelė
Klausimas
-otomy
Atsakymas
Making a cut in.
37 kortelė
Klausimas
scapula-
Atsakymas
Shoulder.
38 kortelė
Klausimas
-graph, -graphy
Atsakymas
The process of making a picture.
39 kortelė
Klausimas
dorsa-
Atsakymas
Back.
40 kortelė
Klausimas
-osis
Atsakymas
A condition or disease.
41 kortelė
Klausimas
thorac-, thoraco-
Atsakymas
Chest.
42 kortelė
Klausimas
-ology
Atsakymas
The study of a part of the body.
43 kortelė
Klausimas
carp-, carpo-
Atsakymas
Wrist.
44 kortelė
Klausimas
-iatry
Atsakymas
Medical treatment.
45 kortelė
Klausimas
ileo-
Atsakymas
Small intestine.
46 kortelė
Klausimas
inter-
Atsakymas
Between.
47 kortelė
Klausimas
mamm-, mammo-
Atsakymas
Breast.
48 kortelė
Klausimas
-eal
Atsakymas
Pertaining to.
49 kortelė
Klausimas
odont-, dento-
Atsakymas
Tooth.
50 kortelė
Klausimas
-emia
Atsakymas
A blood condition.
51 kortelė
Klausimas
ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-
Atsakymas
Veins.
52 kortelė
Klausimas
-stomy, -ostomy
Atsakymas
Creating an opening.
53 kortelė
Klausimas
ceph-
Atsakymas
Head.
54 kortelė
Klausimas
-itis
Atsakymas
Inflammation.
55 kortelė
Klausimas
thromb-, thrombo-
Atsakymas
Blood clot.
56 kortelė
Klausimas
-pathy
Atsakymas
Disease.
57 kortelė
Klausimas
colo-
Atsakymas
Large intestine.
58 kortelė
Klausimas
-ologist
Atsakymas
A person who works with a specific body part or disease.
59 kortelė
Klausimas
pneumo-, pleura-
Atsakymas
Lung.
60 kortelė
Klausimas
-iatrist
Atsakymas
A person who provides a specific treatment.
61 kortelė
Klausimas
oto-
Atsakymas
Ear.
62 kortelė
Klausimas
endo-
Atsakymas
Within or inside.
63 kortelė
Klausimas
cost-, costo-
Atsakymas
Rib.
64 kortelė
Klausimas
-scopy
Atsakymas
Use of an instrument for viewing.
65 kortelė
Klausimas
hem-, hemo-, sangu-
Atsakymas
Blood.
66 kortelė
Klausimas
megalo-, -megaly
Atsakymas
Large.
67 kortelė
Klausimas
pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-
Atsakymas
Foot.
67 kortelės
Medical Terminology Flashcards: 67 Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots
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