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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. Kart 1

    Soru

    oste-, osteo-

    Cevap

    Bone.

  2. Kart 2

    Soru

    cardi-, cardio-

    Cevap

    Heart.

  3. Kart 3

    Soru

    neur-

    Cevap

    Nerves.

  4. Kart 4

    Soru

    derm-, derma-

    Cevap

    Skin.

  5. Kart 5

    Soru

    gastr-, gastro-

    Cevap

    Stomach.

  6. Kart 6

    Soru

    enceph-

    Cevap

    Brain.

  7. Kart 7

    Soru

    neph-

    Cevap

    Kidney.

  8. Kart 8

    Soru

    macro-

    Cevap

    Very large.

  9. Kart 9

    Soru

    myo-

    Cevap

    Muscle.

  10. Kart 10

    Soru

    hyper-

    Cevap

    Above normal.

  11. Kart 11

    Soru

    rhino-

    Cevap

    Nose.

  12. Kart 12

    Soru

    tachy-

    Cevap

    Fast.

  13. Kart 13

    Soru

    aort-

    Cevap

    Aorta.

  14. Kart 14

    Soru

    peri-

    Cevap

    Around.

  15. Kart 15

    Soru

    hepat-, hepato-

    Cevap

    Liver.

  16. Kart 16

    Soru

    echo-

    Cevap

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Kart 17

    Soru

    tympan-, myringo-

    Cevap

    Eardrum.

  18. Kart 18

    Soru

    dys-

    Cevap

    Not working correctly.

  19. Kart 19

    Soru

    arteri-, arterio-

    Cevap

    Arteries.

  20. Kart 20

    Soru

    -ectomy

    Cevap

    Removal of.

  21. Kart 21

    Soru

    lingu-

    Cevap

    Tongue.

  22. Kart 22

    Soru

    -gram

    Cevap

    A picture or recording.

  23. Kart 23

    Soru

    crani-

    Cevap

    Skull.

  24. Kart 24

    Soru

    micro-

    Cevap

    Small.

  25. Kart 25

    Soru

    brachi-, brachio-

    Cevap

    Arm.

  26. Kart 26

    Soru

    hypo-

    Cevap

    Below normal.

  27. Kart 27

    Soru

    angi-, angio-

    Cevap

    Blood vessels.

  28. Kart 28

    Soru

    brady-

    Cevap

    Slow.

  29. Kart 29

    Soru

    cholecyst-

    Cevap

    Gallbladder.

  30. Kart 30

    Soru

    trans-

    Cevap

    Across.

  31. Kart 31

    Soru

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Cevap

    Eye.

  32. Kart 32

    Soru

    electro-

    Cevap

    Using electricity.

  33. Kart 33

    Soru

    vas-, vasc-

    Cevap

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Kart 34

    Soru

    mal-

    Cevap

    Bad.

  35. Kart 35

    Soru

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Cevap

    Esophagus.

  36. Kart 36

    Soru

    -otomy

    Cevap

    Making a cut in.

  37. Kart 37

    Soru

    scapula-

    Cevap

    Shoulder.

  38. Kart 38

    Soru

    -graph, -graphy

    Cevap

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Kart 39

    Soru

    dorsa-

    Cevap

    Back.

  40. Kart 40

    Soru

    -osis

    Cevap

    A condition or disease.

  41. Kart 41

    Soru

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Cevap

    Chest.

  42. Kart 42

    Soru

    -ology

    Cevap

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Kart 43

    Soru

    carp-, carpo-

    Cevap

    Wrist.

  44. Kart 44

    Soru

    -iatry

    Cevap

    Medical treatment.

  45. Kart 45

    Soru

    ileo-

    Cevap

    Small intestine.

  46. Kart 46

    Soru

    inter-

    Cevap

    Between.

  47. Kart 47

    Soru

    mamm-, mammo-

    Cevap

    Breast.

  48. Kart 48

    Soru

    -eal

    Cevap

    Pertaining to.

  49. Kart 49

    Soru

    odont-, dento-

    Cevap

    Tooth.

  50. Kart 50

    Soru

    -emia

    Cevap

    A blood condition.

  51. Kart 51

    Soru

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Cevap

    Veins.

  52. Kart 52

    Soru

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Cevap

    Creating an opening.

  53. Kart 53

    Soru

    ceph-

    Cevap

    Head.

  54. Kart 54

    Soru

    -itis

    Cevap

    Inflammation.

  55. Kart 55

    Soru

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Cevap

    Blood clot.

  56. Kart 56

    Soru

    -pathy

    Cevap

    Disease.

  57. Kart 57

    Soru

    colo-

    Cevap

    Large intestine.

  58. Kart 58

    Soru

    -ologist

    Cevap

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

  59. Kart 59

    Soru

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Cevap

    Lung.

  60. Kart 60

    Soru

    -iatrist

    Cevap

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Kart 61

    Soru

    oto-

    Cevap

    Ear.

  62. Kart 62

    Soru

    endo-

    Cevap

    Within or inside.

  63. Kart 63

    Soru

    cost-, costo-

    Cevap

    Rib.

  64. Kart 64

    Soru

    -scopy

    Cevap

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Kart 65

    Soru

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Cevap

    Blood.

  66. Kart 66

    Soru

    megalo-, -megaly

    Cevap

    Large.

  67. Kart 67

    Soru

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Cevap

    Foot.

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

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