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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. Kartička 1

    Otázka

    oste-, osteo-

    Odpoveď

    Bone.

  2. Kartička 2

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    cardi-, cardio-

    Odpoveď

    Heart.

  3. Kartička 3

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    neur-

    Odpoveď

    Nerves.

  4. Kartička 4

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    derm-, derma-

    Odpoveď

    Skin.

  5. Kartička 5

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    gastr-, gastro-

    Odpoveď

    Stomach.

  6. Kartička 6

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    enceph-

    Odpoveď

    Brain.

  7. Kartička 7

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    neph-

    Odpoveď

    Kidney.

  8. Kartička 8

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    macro-

    Odpoveď

    Very large.

  9. Kartička 9

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    myo-

    Odpoveď

    Muscle.

  10. Kartička 10

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    hyper-

    Odpoveď

    Above normal.

  11. Kartička 11

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    rhino-

    Odpoveď

    Nose.

  12. Kartička 12

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    tachy-

    Odpoveď

    Fast.

  13. Kartička 13

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    aort-

    Odpoveď

    Aorta.

  14. Kartička 14

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    peri-

    Odpoveď

    Around.

  15. Kartička 15

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    hepat-, hepato-

    Odpoveď

    Liver.

  16. Kartička 16

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    echo-

    Odpoveď

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kartička 17

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    tympan-, myringo-

    Odpoveď

    Eardrum.

  18. Kartička 18

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    dys-

    Odpoveď

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kartička 19

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    arteri-, arterio-

    Odpoveď

    Arteries.

  20. Kartička 20

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    -ectomy

    Odpoveď

    Removal of.

  21. Kartička 21

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    lingu-

    Odpoveď

    Tongue.

  22. Kartička 22

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    -gram

    Odpoveď

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kartička 23

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    crani-

    Odpoveď

    Skull.

  24. Kartička 24

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    micro-

    Odpoveď

    Small.

  25. Kartička 25

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    brachi-, brachio-

    Odpoveď

    Arm.

  26. Kartička 26

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    hypo-

    Odpoveď

    Below normal.

  27. Kartička 27

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    angi-, angio-

    Odpoveď

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kartička 28

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    brady-

    Odpoveď

    Slow.

  29. Kartička 29

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    cholecyst-

    Odpoveď

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kartička 30

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    trans-

    Odpoveď

    Across.

  31. Kartička 31

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    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Odpoveď

    Eye.

  32. Kartička 32

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    electro-

    Odpoveď

    Using electricity.

  33. Kartička 33

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    vas-, vasc-

    Odpoveď

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kartička 34

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    mal-

    Odpoveď

    Bad.

  35. Kartička 35

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    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Odpoveď

    Esophagus.

  36. Kartička 36

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    -otomy

    Odpoveď

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kartička 37

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    scapula-

    Odpoveď

    Shoulder.

  38. Kartička 38

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    -graph, -graphy

    Odpoveď

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kartička 39

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    dorsa-

    Odpoveď

    Back.

  40. Kartička 40

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    -osis

    Odpoveď

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kartička 41

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    thorac-, thoraco-

    Odpoveď

    Chest.

  42. Kartička 42

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    -ology

    Odpoveď

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kartička 43

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    carp-, carpo-

    Odpoveď

    Wrist.

  44. Kartička 44

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    -iatry

    Odpoveď

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kartička 45

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    ileo-

    Odpoveď

    Small intestine.

  46. Kartička 46

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    inter-

    Odpoveď

    Between.

  47. Kartička 47

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    mamm-, mammo-

    Odpoveď

    Breast.

  48. Kartička 48

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    -eal

    Odpoveď

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kartička 49

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    odont-, dento-

    Odpoveď

    Tooth.

  50. Kartička 50

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    -emia

    Odpoveď

    A blood condition.

  51. Kartička 51

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    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Odpoveď

    Veins.

  52. Kartička 52

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    -stomy, -ostomy

    Odpoveď

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kartička 53

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    ceph-

    Odpoveď

    Head.

  54. Kartička 54

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    -itis

    Odpoveď

    Inflammation.

  55. Kartička 55

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    thromb-, thrombo-

    Odpoveď

    Blood clot.

  56. Kartička 56

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    -pathy

    Odpoveď

    Disease.

  57. Kartička 57

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    colo-

    Odpoveď

    Large intestine.

  58. Kartička 58

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    -ologist

    Odpoveď

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

  59. Kartička 59

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    pneumo-, pleura-

    Odpoveď

    Lung.

  60. Kartička 60

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    -iatrist

    Odpoveď

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kartička 61

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    oto-

    Odpoveď

    Ear.

  62. Kartička 62

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    endo-

    Odpoveď

    Within or inside.

  63. Kartička 63

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    cost-, costo-

    Odpoveď

    Rib.

  64. Kartička 64

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    -scopy

    Odpoveď

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kartička 65

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    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Odpoveď

    Blood.

  66. Kartička 66

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    megalo-, -megaly

    Odpoveď

    Large.

  67. Kartička 67

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    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Odpoveď

    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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