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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. Kadi namba 1

    Swali

    oste-, osteo-

    Jibu

    Bone.

  2. Kadi namba 2

    Swali

    cardi-, cardio-

    Jibu

    Heart.

  3. Kadi namba 3

    Swali

    neur-

    Jibu

    Nerves.

  4. Kadi namba 4

    Swali

    derm-, derma-

    Jibu

    Skin.

  5. Kadi namba 5

    Swali

    gastr-, gastro-

    Jibu

    Stomach.

  6. Kadi namba 6

    Swali

    enceph-

    Jibu

    Brain.

  7. Kadi namba 7

    Swali

    neph-

    Jibu

    Kidney.

  8. Kadi namba 8

    Swali

    macro-

    Jibu

    Very large.

  9. Kadi namba 9

    Swali

    myo-

    Jibu

    Muscle.

  10. Kadi namba 10

    Swali

    hyper-

    Jibu

    Above normal.

  11. Kadi namba 11

    Swali

    rhino-

    Jibu

    Nose.

  12. Kadi namba 12

    Swali

    tachy-

    Jibu

    Fast.

  13. Kadi namba 13

    Swali

    aort-

    Jibu

    Aorta.

  14. Kadi namba 14

    Swali

    peri-

    Jibu

    Around.

  15. Kadi namba 15

    Swali

    hepat-, hepato-

    Jibu

    Liver.

  16. Kadi namba 16

    Swali

    echo-

    Jibu

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kadi namba 17

    Swali

    tympan-, myringo-

    Jibu

    Eardrum.

  18. Kadi namba 18

    Swali

    dys-

    Jibu

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kadi namba 19

    Swali

    arteri-, arterio-

    Jibu

    Arteries.

  20. Kadi namba 20

    Swali

    -ectomy

    Jibu

    Removal of.

  21. Kadi namba 21

    Swali

    lingu-

    Jibu

    Tongue.

  22. Kadi namba 22

    Swali

    -gram

    Jibu

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kadi namba 23

    Swali

    crani-

    Jibu

    Skull.

  24. Kadi namba 24

    Swali

    micro-

    Jibu

    Small.

  25. Kadi namba 25

    Swali

    brachi-, brachio-

    Jibu

    Arm.

  26. Kadi namba 26

    Swali

    hypo-

    Jibu

    Below normal.

  27. Kadi namba 27

    Swali

    angi-, angio-

    Jibu

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kadi namba 28

    Swali

    brady-

    Jibu

    Slow.

  29. Kadi namba 29

    Swali

    cholecyst-

    Jibu

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kadi namba 30

    Swali

    trans-

    Jibu

    Across.

  31. Kadi namba 31

    Swali

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Jibu

    Eye.

  32. Kadi namba 32

    Swali

    electro-

    Jibu

    Using electricity.

  33. Kadi namba 33

    Swali

    vas-, vasc-

    Jibu

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kadi namba 34

    Swali

    mal-

    Jibu

    Bad.

  35. Kadi namba 35

    Swali

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Jibu

    Esophagus.

  36. Kadi namba 36

    Swali

    -otomy

    Jibu

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kadi namba 37

    Swali

    scapula-

    Jibu

    Shoulder.

  38. Kadi namba 38

    Swali

    -graph, -graphy

    Jibu

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kadi namba 39

    Swali

    dorsa-

    Jibu

    Back.

  40. Kadi namba 40

    Swali

    -osis

    Jibu

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kadi namba 41

    Swali

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Jibu

    Chest.

  42. Kadi namba 42

    Swali

    -ology

    Jibu

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kadi namba 43

    Swali

    carp-, carpo-

    Jibu

    Wrist.

  44. Kadi namba 44

    Swali

    -iatry

    Jibu

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kadi namba 45

    Swali

    ileo-

    Jibu

    Small intestine.

  46. Kadi namba 46

    Swali

    inter-

    Jibu

    Between.

  47. Kadi namba 47

    Swali

    mamm-, mammo-

    Jibu

    Breast.

  48. Kadi namba 48

    Swali

    -eal

    Jibu

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kadi namba 49

    Swali

    odont-, dento-

    Jibu

    Tooth.

  50. Kadi namba 50

    Swali

    -emia

    Jibu

    A blood condition.

  51. Kadi namba 51

    Swali

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Jibu

    Veins.

  52. Kadi namba 52

    Swali

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Jibu

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kadi namba 53

    Swali

    ceph-

    Jibu

    Head.

  54. Kadi namba 54

    Swali

    -itis

    Jibu

    Inflammation.

  55. Kadi namba 55

    Swali

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Jibu

    Blood clot.

  56. Kadi namba 56

    Swali

    -pathy

    Jibu

    Disease.

  57. Kadi namba 57

    Swali

    colo-

    Jibu

    Large intestine.

  58. Kadi namba 58

    Swali

    -ologist

    Jibu

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

  59. Kadi namba 59

    Swali

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Jibu

    Lung.

  60. Kadi namba 60

    Swali

    -iatrist

    Jibu

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kadi namba 61

    Swali

    oto-

    Jibu

    Ear.

  62. Kadi namba 62

    Swali

    endo-

    Jibu

    Within or inside.

  63. Kadi namba 63

    Swali

    cost-, costo-

    Jibu

    Rib.

  64. Kadi namba 64

    Swali

    -scopy

    Jibu

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kadi namba 65

    Swali

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Jibu

    Blood.

  66. Kadi namba 66

    Swali

    megalo-, -megaly

    Jibu

    Large.

  67. Kadi namba 67

    Swali

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Jibu

    Foot.

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Medical Terminology Flashcards: 67 Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

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