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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.

Amakhadi akuleli qoqo

  1. Ikhadi 1

    Umbuzo

    oste-, osteo-

    Impendulo

    Bone.

  2. Ikhadi 2

    Umbuzo

    cardi-, cardio-

    Impendulo

    Heart.

  3. Ikhadi 3

    Umbuzo

    neur-

    Impendulo

    Nerves.

  4. Ikhadi 4

    Umbuzo

    derm-, derma-

    Impendulo

    Skin.

  5. Ikhadi 5

    Umbuzo

    gastr-, gastro-

    Impendulo

    Stomach.

  6. Ikhadi 6

    Umbuzo

    enceph-

    Impendulo

    Brain.

  7. Ikhadi 7

    Umbuzo

    neph-

    Impendulo

    Kidney.

  8. Ikhadi 8

    Umbuzo

    macro-

    Impendulo

    Very large.

  9. Ikhadi 9

    Umbuzo

    myo-

    Impendulo

    Muscle.

  10. Ikhadi 10

    Umbuzo

    hyper-

    Impendulo

    Above normal.

  11. Ikhadi 11

    Umbuzo

    rhino-

    Impendulo

    Nose.

  12. Ikhadi 12

    Umbuzo

    tachy-

    Impendulo

    Fast.

  13. Ikhadi 13

    Umbuzo

    aort-

    Impendulo

    Aorta.

  14. Ikhadi 14

    Umbuzo

    peri-

    Impendulo

    Around.

  15. Ikhadi 15

    Umbuzo

    hepat-, hepato-

    Impendulo

    Liver.

  16. Ikhadi 16

    Umbuzo

    echo-

    Impendulo

    Using ultrasonic waves.

  17. Ikhadi 17

    Umbuzo

    tympan-, myringo-

    Impendulo

    Eardrum.

  18. Ikhadi 18

    Umbuzo

    dys-

    Impendulo

    Not working correctly.

  19. Ikhadi 19

    Umbuzo

    arteri-, arterio-

    Impendulo

    Arteries.

  20. Ikhadi 20

    Umbuzo

    -ectomy

    Impendulo

    Removal of.

  21. Ikhadi 21

    Umbuzo

    lingu-

    Impendulo

    Tongue.

  22. Ikhadi 22

    Umbuzo

    -gram

    Impendulo

    A picture or recording.

  23. Ikhadi 23

    Umbuzo

    crani-

    Impendulo

    Skull.

  24. Ikhadi 24

    Umbuzo

    micro-

    Impendulo

    Small.

  25. Ikhadi 25

    Umbuzo

    brachi-, brachio-

    Impendulo

    Arm.

  26. Ikhadi 26

    Umbuzo

    hypo-

    Impendulo

    Below normal.

  27. Ikhadi 27

    Umbuzo

    angi-, angio-

    Impendulo

    Blood vessels.

  28. Ikhadi 28

    Umbuzo

    brady-

    Impendulo

    Slow.

  29. Ikhadi 29

    Umbuzo

    cholecyst-

    Impendulo

    Gallbladder.

  30. Ikhadi 30

    Umbuzo

    trans-

    Impendulo

    Across.

  31. Ikhadi 31

    Umbuzo

    ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-

    Impendulo

    Eye.

  32. Ikhadi 32

    Umbuzo

    electro-

    Impendulo

    Using electricity.

  33. Ikhadi 33

    Umbuzo

    vas-, vasc-

    Impendulo

    Veins and arteries.

  34. Ikhadi 34

    Umbuzo

    mal-

    Impendulo

    Bad.

  35. Ikhadi 35

    Umbuzo

    esoph-, esopha-, esophag-

    Impendulo

    Esophagus.

  36. Ikhadi 36

    Umbuzo

    -otomy

    Impendulo

    Making a cut in.

  37. Ikhadi 37

    Umbuzo

    scapula-

    Impendulo

    Shoulder.

  38. Ikhadi 38

    Umbuzo

    -graph, -graphy

    Impendulo

    The process of making a picture.

  39. Ikhadi 39

    Umbuzo

    dorsa-

    Impendulo

    Back.

  40. Ikhadi 40

    Umbuzo

    -osis

    Impendulo

    A condition or disease.

  41. Ikhadi 41

    Umbuzo

    thorac-, thoraco-

    Impendulo

    Chest.

  42. Ikhadi 42

    Umbuzo

    -ology

    Impendulo

    The study of a part of the body.

  43. Ikhadi 43

    Umbuzo

    carp-, carpo-

    Impendulo

    Wrist.

  44. Ikhadi 44

    Umbuzo

    -iatry

    Impendulo

    Medical treatment.

  45. Ikhadi 45

    Umbuzo

    ileo-

    Impendulo

    Small intestine.

  46. Ikhadi 46

    Umbuzo

    inter-

    Impendulo

    Between.

  47. Ikhadi 47

    Umbuzo

    mamm-, mammo-

    Impendulo

    Breast.

  48. Ikhadi 48

    Umbuzo

    -eal

    Impendulo

    Pertaining to.

  49. Ikhadi 49

    Umbuzo

    odont-, dento-

    Impendulo

    Tooth.

  50. Ikhadi 50

    Umbuzo

    -emia

    Impendulo

    A blood condition.

  51. Ikhadi 51

    Umbuzo

    ven-, veno-, phleb-, phlebo-

    Impendulo

    Veins.

  52. Ikhadi 52

    Umbuzo

    -stomy, -ostomy

    Impendulo

    Creating an opening.

  53. Ikhadi 53

    Umbuzo

    ceph-

    Impendulo

    Head.

  54. Ikhadi 54

    Umbuzo

    -itis

    Impendulo

    Inflammation.

  55. Ikhadi 55

    Umbuzo

    thromb-, thrombo-

    Impendulo

    Blood clot.

  56. Ikhadi 56

    Umbuzo

    -pathy

    Impendulo

    Disease.

  57. Ikhadi 57

    Umbuzo

    colo-

    Impendulo

    Large intestine.

  58. Ikhadi 58

    Umbuzo

    -ologist

    Impendulo

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

  59. Ikhadi 59

    Umbuzo

    pneumo-, pleura-

    Impendulo

    Lung.

  60. Ikhadi 60

    Umbuzo

    -iatrist

    Impendulo

    A person who provides a specific treatment.

  61. Ikhadi 61

    Umbuzo

    oto-

    Impendulo

    Ear.

  62. Ikhadi 62

    Umbuzo

    endo-

    Impendulo

    Within or inside.

  63. Ikhadi 63

    Umbuzo

    cost-, costo-

    Impendulo

    Rib.

  64. Ikhadi 64

    Umbuzo

    -scopy

    Impendulo

    Use of an instrument for viewing.

  65. Ikhadi 65

    Umbuzo

    hem-, hemo-, sangu-

    Impendulo

    Blood.

  66. Ikhadi 66

    Umbuzo

    megalo-, -megaly

    Impendulo

    Large.

  67. Ikhadi 67

    Umbuzo

    pod-, podo-, ped-, pedo-

    Impendulo

    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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