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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. Kort 1

    Spørsmål

    oste-, osteo-

    Svar

    Bone.

  2. Kort 2

    Spørsmål

    cardi-, cardio-

    Svar

    Heart.

  3. Kort 3

    Spørsmål

    neur-

    Svar

    Nerves.

  4. Kort 4

    Spørsmål

    derm-, derma-

    Svar

    Skin.

  5. Kort 5

    Spørsmål

    gastr-, gastro-

    Svar

    Stomach.

  6. Kort 6

    Spørsmål

    enceph-

    Svar

    Brain.

  7. Kort 7

    Spørsmål

    neph-

    Svar

    Kidney.

  8. Kort 8

    Spørsmål

    macro-

    Svar

    Very large.

  9. Kort 9

    Spørsmål

    myo-

    Svar

    Muscle.

  10. Kort 10

    Spørsmål

    hyper-

    Svar

    Above normal.

  11. Kort 11

    Spørsmål

    rhino-

    Svar

    Nose.

  12. Kort 12

    Spørsmål

    tachy-

    Svar

    Fast.

  13. Kort 13

    Spørsmål

    aort-

    Svar

    Aorta.

  14. Kort 14

    Spørsmål

    peri-

    Svar

    Around.

  15. Kort 15

    Spørsmål

    hepat-, hepato-

    Svar

    Liver.

  16. Kort 16

    Spørsmål

    echo-

    Svar

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kort 17

    Spørsmål

    tympan-, myringo-

    Svar

    Eardrum.

  18. Kort 18

    Spørsmål

    dys-

    Svar

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kort 19

    Spørsmål

    arteri-, arterio-

    Svar

    Arteries.

  20. Kort 20

    Spørsmål

    -ectomy

    Svar

    Removal of.

  21. Kort 21

    Spørsmål

    lingu-

    Svar

    Tongue.

  22. Kort 22

    Spørsmål

    -gram

    Svar

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kort 23

    Spørsmål

    crani-

    Svar

    Skull.

  24. Kort 24

    Spørsmål

    micro-

    Svar

    Small.

  25. Kort 25

    Spørsmål

    brachi-, brachio-

    Svar

    Arm.

  26. Kort 26

    Spørsmål

    hypo-

    Svar

    Below normal.

  27. Kort 27

    Spørsmål

    angi-, angio-

    Svar

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kort 28

    Spørsmål

    brady-

    Svar

    Slow.

  29. Kort 29

    Spørsmål

    cholecyst-

    Svar

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kort 30

    Spørsmål

    trans-

    Svar

    Across.

  31. Kort 31

    Spørsmål

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Svar

    Eye.

  32. Kort 32

    Spørsmål

    electro-

    Svar

    Using electricity.

  33. Kort 33

    Spørsmål

    vas-, vasc-

    Svar

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kort 34

    Spørsmål

    mal-

    Svar

    Bad.

  35. Kort 35

    Spørsmål

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Svar

    Esophagus.

  36. Kort 36

    Spørsmål

    -otomy

    Svar

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kort 37

    Spørsmål

    scapula-

    Svar

    Shoulder.

  38. Kort 38

    Spørsmål

    -graph, -graphy

    Svar

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kort 39

    Spørsmål

    dorsa-

    Svar

    Back.

  40. Kort 40

    Spørsmål

    -osis

    Svar

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kort 41

    Spørsmål

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Svar

    Chest.

  42. Kort 42

    Spørsmål

    -ology

    Svar

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kort 43

    Spørsmål

    carp-, carpo-

    Svar

    Wrist.

  44. Kort 44

    Spørsmål

    -iatry

    Svar

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kort 45

    Spørsmål

    ileo-

    Svar

    Small intestine.

  46. Kort 46

    Spørsmål

    inter-

    Svar

    Between.

  47. Kort 47

    Spørsmål

    mamm-, mammo-

    Svar

    Breast.

  48. Kort 48

    Spørsmål

    -eal

    Svar

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kort 49

    Spørsmål

    odont-, dento-

    Svar

    Tooth.

  50. Kort 50

    Spørsmål

    -emia

    Svar

    A blood condition.

  51. Kort 51

    Spørsmål

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Svar

    Veins.

  52. Kort 52

    Spørsmål

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Svar

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kort 53

    Spørsmål

    ceph-

    Svar

    Head.

  54. Kort 54

    Spørsmål

    -itis

    Svar

    Inflammation.

  55. Kort 55

    Spørsmål

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Svar

    Blood clot.

  56. Kort 56

    Spørsmål

    -pathy

    Svar

    Disease.

  57. Kort 57

    Spørsmål

    colo-

    Svar

    Large intestine.

  58. Kort 58

    Spørsmål

    -ologist

    Svar

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

  59. Kort 59

    Spørsmål

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Svar

    Lung.

  60. Kort 60

    Spørsmål

    -iatrist

    Svar

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kort 61

    Spørsmål

    oto-

    Svar

    Ear.

  62. Kort 62

    Spørsmål

    endo-

    Svar

    Within or inside.

  63. Kort 63

    Spørsmål

    cost-, costo-

    Svar

    Rib.

  64. Kort 64

    Spørsmål

    -scopy

    Svar

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kort 65

    Spørsmål

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Svar

    Blood.

  66. Kort 66

    Spørsmål

    megalo-, -megaly

    Svar

    Large.

  67. Kort 67

    Spørsmål

    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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