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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. Kaart 1

    Vraag

    oste-, osteo-

    Antwoord

    Bone.

  2. Kaart 2

    Vraag

    cardi-, cardio-

    Antwoord

    Heart.

  3. Kaart 3

    Vraag

    neur-

    Antwoord

    Nerves.

  4. Kaart 4

    Vraag

    derm-, derma-

    Antwoord

    Skin.

  5. Kaart 5

    Vraag

    gastr-, gastro-

    Antwoord

    Stomach.

  6. Kaart 6

    Vraag

    enceph-

    Antwoord

    Brain.

  7. Kaart 7

    Vraag

    neph-

    Antwoord

    Kidney.

  8. Kaart 8

    Vraag

    macro-

    Antwoord

    Very large.

  9. Kaart 9

    Vraag

    myo-

    Antwoord

    Muscle.

  10. Kaart 10

    Vraag

    hyper-

    Antwoord

    Above normal.

  11. Kaart 11

    Vraag

    rhino-

    Antwoord

    Nose.

  12. Kaart 12

    Vraag

    tachy-

    Antwoord

    Fast.

  13. Kaart 13

    Vraag

    aort-

    Antwoord

    Aorta.

  14. Kaart 14

    Vraag

    peri-

    Antwoord

    Around.

  15. Kaart 15

    Vraag

    hepat-, hepato-

    Antwoord

    Liver.

  16. Kaart 16

    Vraag

    echo-

    Antwoord

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kaart 17

    Vraag

    tympan-, myringo-

    Antwoord

    Eardrum.

  18. Kaart 18

    Vraag

    dys-

    Antwoord

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kaart 19

    Vraag

    arteri-, arterio-

    Antwoord

    Arteries.

  20. Kaart 20

    Vraag

    -ectomy

    Antwoord

    Removal of.

  21. Kaart 21

    Vraag

    lingu-

    Antwoord

    Tongue.

  22. Kaart 22

    Vraag

    -gram

    Antwoord

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kaart 23

    Vraag

    crani-

    Antwoord

    Skull.

  24. Kaart 24

    Vraag

    micro-

    Antwoord

    Small.

  25. Kaart 25

    Vraag

    brachi-, brachio-

    Antwoord

    Arm.

  26. Kaart 26

    Vraag

    hypo-

    Antwoord

    Below normal.

  27. Kaart 27

    Vraag

    angi-, angio-

    Antwoord

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kaart 28

    Vraag

    brady-

    Antwoord

    Slow.

  29. Kaart 29

    Vraag

    cholecyst-

    Antwoord

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kaart 30

    Vraag

    trans-

    Antwoord

    Across.

  31. Kaart 31

    Vraag

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Antwoord

    Eye.

  32. Kaart 32

    Vraag

    electro-

    Antwoord

    Using electricity.

  33. Kaart 33

    Vraag

    vas-, vasc-

    Antwoord

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kaart 34

    Vraag

    mal-

    Antwoord

    Bad.

  35. Kaart 35

    Vraag

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Antwoord

    Esophagus.

  36. Kaart 36

    Vraag

    -otomy

    Antwoord

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kaart 37

    Vraag

    scapula-

    Antwoord

    Shoulder.

  38. Kaart 38

    Vraag

    -graph, -graphy

    Antwoord

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kaart 39

    Vraag

    dorsa-

    Antwoord

    Back.

  40. Kaart 40

    Vraag

    -osis

    Antwoord

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kaart 41

    Vraag

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Antwoord

    Chest.

  42. Kaart 42

    Vraag

    -ology

    Antwoord

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kaart 43

    Vraag

    carp-, carpo-

    Antwoord

    Wrist.

  44. Kaart 44

    Vraag

    -iatry

    Antwoord

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kaart 45

    Vraag

    ileo-

    Antwoord

    Small intestine.

  46. Kaart 46

    Vraag

    inter-

    Antwoord

    Between.

  47. Kaart 47

    Vraag

    mamm-, mammo-

    Antwoord

    Breast.

  48. Kaart 48

    Vraag

    -eal

    Antwoord

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kaart 49

    Vraag

    odont-, dento-

    Antwoord

    Tooth.

  50. Kaart 50

    Vraag

    -emia

    Antwoord

    A blood condition.

  51. Kaart 51

    Vraag

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Antwoord

    Veins.

  52. Kaart 52

    Vraag

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Antwoord

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kaart 53

    Vraag

    ceph-

    Antwoord

    Head.

  54. Kaart 54

    Vraag

    -itis

    Antwoord

    Inflammation.

  55. Kaart 55

    Vraag

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Antwoord

    Blood clot.

  56. Kaart 56

    Vraag

    -pathy

    Antwoord

    Disease.

  57. Kaart 57

    Vraag

    colo-

    Antwoord

    Large intestine.

  58. Kaart 58

    Vraag

    -ologist

    Antwoord

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

  59. Kaart 59

    Vraag

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Antwoord

    Lung.

  60. Kaart 60

    Vraag

    -iatrist

    Antwoord

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kaart 61

    Vraag

    oto-

    Antwoord

    Ear.

  62. Kaart 62

    Vraag

    endo-

    Antwoord

    Within or inside.

  63. Kaart 63

    Vraag

    cost-, costo-

    Antwoord

    Rib.

  64. Kaart 64

    Vraag

    -scopy

    Antwoord

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kaart 65

    Vraag

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Antwoord

    Blood.

  66. Kaart 66

    Vraag

    megalo-, -megaly

    Antwoord

    Large.

  67. Kaart 67

    Vraag

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Antwoord

    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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