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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. Cartão 1

    Pergunta

    oste-, osteo-

    Resposta

    Bone.

  2. Cartão 2

    Pergunta

    cardi-, cardio-

    Resposta

    Heart.

  3. Cartão 3

    Pergunta

    neur-

    Resposta

    Nerves.

  4. Cartão 4

    Pergunta

    derm-, derma-

    Resposta

    Skin.

  5. Cartão 5

    Pergunta

    gastr-, gastro-

    Resposta

    Stomach.

  6. Cartão 6

    Pergunta

    enceph-

    Resposta

    Brain.

  7. Cartão 7

    Pergunta

    neph-

    Resposta

    Kidney.

  8. Cartão 8

    Pergunta

    macro-

    Resposta

    Very large.

  9. Cartão 9

    Pergunta

    myo-

    Resposta

    Muscle.

  10. Cartão 10

    Pergunta

    hyper-

    Resposta

    Above normal.

  11. Cartão 11

    Pergunta

    rhino-

    Resposta

    Nose.

  12. Cartão 12

    Pergunta

    tachy-

    Resposta

    Fast.

  13. Cartão 13

    Pergunta

    aort-

    Resposta

    Aorta.

  14. Cartão 14

    Pergunta

    peri-

    Resposta

    Around.

  15. Cartão 15

    Pergunta

    hepat-, hepato-

    Resposta

    Liver.

  16. Cartão 16

    Pergunta

    echo-

    Resposta

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Cartão 17

    Pergunta

    tympan-, myringo-

    Resposta

    Eardrum.

  18. Cartão 18

    Pergunta

    dys-

    Resposta

    Not working correctly.

  19. Cartão 19

    Pergunta

    arteri-, arterio-

    Resposta

    Arteries.

  20. Cartão 20

    Pergunta

    -ectomy

    Resposta

    Removal of.

  21. Cartão 21

    Pergunta

    lingu-

    Resposta

    Tongue.

  22. Cartão 22

    Pergunta

    -gram

    Resposta

    A picture or recording.

  23. Cartão 23

    Pergunta

    crani-

    Resposta

    Skull.

  24. Cartão 24

    Pergunta

    micro-

    Resposta

    Small.

  25. Cartão 25

    Pergunta

    brachi-, brachio-

    Resposta

    Arm.

  26. Cartão 26

    Pergunta

    hypo-

    Resposta

    Below normal.

  27. Cartão 27

    Pergunta

    angi-, angio-

    Resposta

    Blood vessels.

  28. Cartão 28

    Pergunta

    brady-

    Resposta

    Slow.

  29. Cartão 29

    Pergunta

    cholecyst-

    Resposta

    Gallbladder.

  30. Cartão 30

    Pergunta

    trans-

    Resposta

    Across.

  31. Cartão 31

    Pergunta

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Resposta

    Eye.

  32. Cartão 32

    Pergunta

    electro-

    Resposta

    Using electricity.

  33. Cartão 33

    Pergunta

    vas-, vasc-

    Resposta

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Cartão 34

    Pergunta

    mal-

    Resposta

    Bad.

  35. Cartão 35

    Pergunta

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Resposta

    Esophagus.

  36. Cartão 36

    Pergunta

    -otomy

    Resposta

    Making a cut in.

  37. Cartão 37

    Pergunta

    scapula-

    Resposta

    Shoulder.

  38. Cartão 38

    Pergunta

    -graph, -graphy

    Resposta

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Cartão 39

    Pergunta

    dorsa-

    Resposta

    Back.

  40. Cartão 40

    Pergunta

    -osis

    Resposta

    A condition or disease.

  41. Cartão 41

    Pergunta

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Resposta

    Chest.

  42. Cartão 42

    Pergunta

    -ology

    Resposta

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Cartão 43

    Pergunta

    carp-, carpo-

    Resposta

    Wrist.

  44. Cartão 44

    Pergunta

    -iatry

    Resposta

    Medical treatment.

  45. Cartão 45

    Pergunta

    ileo-

    Resposta

    Small intestine.

  46. Cartão 46

    Pergunta

    inter-

    Resposta

    Between.

  47. Cartão 47

    Pergunta

    mamm-, mammo-

    Resposta

    Breast.

  48. Cartão 48

    Pergunta

    -eal

    Resposta

    Pertaining to.

  49. Cartão 49

    Pergunta

    odont-, dento-

    Resposta

    Tooth.

  50. Cartão 50

    Pergunta

    -emia

    Resposta

    A blood condition.

  51. Cartão 51

    Pergunta

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Resposta

    Veins.

  52. Cartão 52

    Pergunta

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Resposta

    Creating an opening.

  53. Cartão 53

    Pergunta

    ceph-

    Resposta

    Head.

  54. Cartão 54

    Pergunta

    -itis

    Resposta

    Inflammation.

  55. Cartão 55

    Pergunta

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Resposta

    Blood clot.

  56. Cartão 56

    Pergunta

    -pathy

    Resposta

    Disease.

  57. Cartão 57

    Pergunta

    colo-

    Resposta

    Large intestine.

  58. Cartão 58

    Pergunta

    -ologist

    Resposta

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

  59. Cartão 59

    Pergunta

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Resposta

    Lung.

  60. Cartão 60

    Pergunta

    -iatrist

    Resposta

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Cartão 61

    Pergunta

    oto-

    Resposta

    Ear.

  62. Cartão 62

    Pergunta

    endo-

    Resposta

    Within or inside.

  63. Cartão 63

    Pergunta

    cost-, costo-

    Resposta

    Rib.

  64. Cartão 64

    Pergunta

    -scopy

    Resposta

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Cartão 65

    Pergunta

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Resposta

    Blood.

  66. Cartão 66

    Pergunta

    megalo-, -megaly

    Resposta

    Large.

  67. Cartão 67

    Pergunta

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Resposta

    Foot.

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

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