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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. Kad 1

    Soalan

    oste-, osteo-

    Jawapan

    Bone.

  2. Kad 2

    Soalan

    cardi-, cardio-

    Jawapan

    Heart.

  3. Kad 3

    Soalan

    neur-

    Jawapan

    Nerves.

  4. Kad 4

    Soalan

    derm-, derma-

    Jawapan

    Skin.

  5. Kad 5

    Soalan

    gastr-, gastro-

    Jawapan

    Stomach.

  6. Kad 6

    Soalan

    enceph-

    Jawapan

    Brain.

  7. Kad 7

    Soalan

    neph-

    Jawapan

    Kidney.

  8. Kad 8

    Soalan

    macro-

    Jawapan

    Very large.

  9. Kad 9

    Soalan

    myo-

    Jawapan

    Muscle.

  10. Kad 10

    Soalan

    hyper-

    Jawapan

    Above normal.

  11. Kad 11

    Soalan

    rhino-

    Jawapan

    Nose.

  12. Kad 12

    Soalan

    tachy-

    Jawapan

    Fast.

  13. Kad 13

    Soalan

    aort-

    Jawapan

    Aorta.

  14. Kad 14

    Soalan

    peri-

    Jawapan

    Around.

  15. Kad 15

    Soalan

    hepat-, hepato-

    Jawapan

    Liver.

  16. Kad 16

    Soalan

    echo-

    Jawapan

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kad 17

    Soalan

    tympan-, myringo-

    Jawapan

    Eardrum.

  18. Kad 18

    Soalan

    dys-

    Jawapan

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kad 19

    Soalan

    arteri-, arterio-

    Jawapan

    Arteries.

  20. Kad 20

    Soalan

    -ectomy

    Jawapan

    Removal of.

  21. Kad 21

    Soalan

    lingu-

    Jawapan

    Tongue.

  22. Kad 22

    Soalan

    -gram

    Jawapan

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kad 23

    Soalan

    crani-

    Jawapan

    Skull.

  24. Kad 24

    Soalan

    micro-

    Jawapan

    Small.

  25. Kad 25

    Soalan

    brachi-, brachio-

    Jawapan

    Arm.

  26. Kad 26

    Soalan

    hypo-

    Jawapan

    Below normal.

  27. Kad 27

    Soalan

    angi-, angio-

    Jawapan

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kad 28

    Soalan

    brady-

    Jawapan

    Slow.

  29. Kad 29

    Soalan

    cholecyst-

    Jawapan

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kad 30

    Soalan

    trans-

    Jawapan

    Across.

  31. Kad 31

    Soalan

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Jawapan

    Eye.

  32. Kad 32

    Soalan

    electro-

    Jawapan

    Using electricity.

  33. Kad 33

    Soalan

    vas-, vasc-

    Jawapan

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kad 34

    Soalan

    mal-

    Jawapan

    Bad.

  35. Kad 35

    Soalan

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Jawapan

    Esophagus.

  36. Kad 36

    Soalan

    -otomy

    Jawapan

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kad 37

    Soalan

    scapula-

    Jawapan

    Shoulder.

  38. Kad 38

    Soalan

    -graph, -graphy

    Jawapan

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kad 39

    Soalan

    dorsa-

    Jawapan

    Back.

  40. Kad 40

    Soalan

    -osis

    Jawapan

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kad 41

    Soalan

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Jawapan

    Chest.

  42. Kad 42

    Soalan

    -ology

    Jawapan

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kad 43

    Soalan

    carp-, carpo-

    Jawapan

    Wrist.

  44. Kad 44

    Soalan

    -iatry

    Jawapan

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kad 45

    Soalan

    ileo-

    Jawapan

    Small intestine.

  46. Kad 46

    Soalan

    inter-

    Jawapan

    Between.

  47. Kad 47

    Soalan

    mamm-, mammo-

    Jawapan

    Breast.

  48. Kad 48

    Soalan

    -eal

    Jawapan

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kad 49

    Soalan

    odont-, dento-

    Jawapan

    Tooth.

  50. Kad 50

    Soalan

    -emia

    Jawapan

    A blood condition.

  51. Kad 51

    Soalan

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Jawapan

    Veins.

  52. Kad 52

    Soalan

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Jawapan

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kad 53

    Soalan

    ceph-

    Jawapan

    Head.

  54. Kad 54

    Soalan

    -itis

    Jawapan

    Inflammation.

  55. Kad 55

    Soalan

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Jawapan

    Blood clot.

  56. Kad 56

    Soalan

    -pathy

    Jawapan

    Disease.

  57. Kad 57

    Soalan

    colo-

    Jawapan

    Large intestine.

  58. Kad 58

    Soalan

    -ologist

    Jawapan

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

  59. Kad 59

    Soalan

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Jawapan

    Lung.

  60. Kad 60

    Soalan

    -iatrist

    Jawapan

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kad 61

    Soalan

    oto-

    Jawapan

    Ear.

  62. Kad 62

    Soalan

    endo-

    Jawapan

    Within or inside.

  63. Kad 63

    Soalan

    cost-, costo-

    Jawapan

    Rib.

  64. Kad 64

    Soalan

    -scopy

    Jawapan

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kad 65

    Soalan

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Jawapan

    Blood.

  66. Kad 66

    Soalan

    megalo-, -megaly

    Jawapan

    Large.

  67. Kad 67

    Soalan

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Jawapan

    Foot.

Blank modular word-part tiles connect a heart, bone, brain, and stomach on a deep blue background.

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