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Medical Terminology Word Parts Flashcards
Prefixes, roots and suffixes for health science CTE, each with its meaning and one example term — the word-part list behind every medical terminology course.
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Medical Terminology Word Parts flashcards — the free 30
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- -ectomy
- Surgical removal. Ex: appendectomy
- -tomy
- Cutting into, incision. Ex: tracheotomy
- -stomy
- Surgically created opening. Ex: colostomy
- -plasty
- Surgical repair or reshaping. Ex: rhinoplasty
- -pexy
- Surgical fixation, suspension. Ex: nephropexy
- -rrhaphy
- Suturing, stitching. Ex: herniorrhaphy
- -desis
- Surgical fusion or binding. Ex: arthrodesis
- -centesis
- Surgical puncture to withdraw fluid. Ex: amniocentesis
- -tripsy
- Crushing. Ex: lithotripsy
- -clasis
- Breaking, surgical fracture. Ex: osteoclasis
- -tome
- Instrument used to cut. Ex: dermatome
- -scopy
- Visual examination. Ex: colonoscopy
- -scope
- Instrument used to view. Ex: otoscope
- -graphy
- Process of recording. Ex: radiography
- -gram
- The record or image produced. Ex: electrocardiogram
- -graph
- Instrument that records. Ex: electrocardiograph
- -meter
- Instrument that measures. Ex: thermometer
- -metry
- Process of measuring. Ex: spirometry
- -itis
- Inflammation. Ex: tonsillitis
- -osis
- Abnormal condition. Ex: fibrosis
- -iasis
- Abnormal condition, presence of. Ex: cholelithiasis
- -pathy
- Disease, disease process. Ex: neuropathy
- -algia
- Pain. Ex: neuralgia
- -dynia
- Pain. Ex: mastodynia
- -megaly
- Enlargement. Ex: cardiomegaly
- -oma
- Tumour, mass. Ex: melanoma
- -emia
- Blood condition. Ex: anemia
- -uria
- Urine condition. Ex: hematuria
- -penia
- Deficiency, abnormal decrease. Ex: leukopenia
- -cytosis
- Abnormal increase in cells. Ex: leukocytosis
Medical Terminology Word Parts flashcards — questions people ask
- How many cards are in the Medical Terminology Word Parts flashcard deck?
- The Medical Terminology Word Parts deck on PuzzlePage has 479 cards. The first 30 are free to play and free to download with no account; the remaining 449 unlock for $2.99 as a one-time payment, or with the $11.99-a-month Study Pack that covers every deck on the site.
- What is on the medical terminology word parts flashcards?
- Prefixes, roots and suffixes for health science CTE, each with its meaning and one example term — the word-part list behind every medical terminology course. Cards look like this: -ectomy → Surgical removal. Ex: appendectomy; -tomy → Cutting into, incision. Ex: tracheotomy. The deck is written for grades 9–12 / health science and filed under career, tech & modern.
- Can I study medical terminology word parts flashcards online for free?
- Yes. The first 30 cards of the Medical Terminology Word Parts deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.
- Are the medical terminology word parts flashcards accurate?
- Every card in the Medical Terminology Word Parts deck was read and fact-checked by a subject-matter specialist before it went on sale, as was every other card on PuzzlePage — 5,420 cards across 30 decks. The audit found and fixed real defects, and one deck was withdrawn from sale entirely rather than shipped with a known problem. That is the difference from a user-generated flashcard site, where the cards are whatever a stranger typed and nobody is accountable for them.
- Can I print the medical terminology word parts flashcards?
- Yes. The Medical Terminology Word Parts cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The first 30 cards are free to download; the full 479-card printable is included in the $11.99-a-month Study Pack.
- How should I use the Medical Terminology Word Parts deck to revise?
- Start in practice mode and go through the Medical Terminology Word Parts deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.
- What grade level are the medical terminology word parts flashcards for?
- The Medical Terminology Word Parts deck is written for grades 9–12 / health science. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising career, tech & modern, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.