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Turn your medical terminology notes into an Anki deck

Upload PDFs, slides, notes or photos of pages and get flashcards with spaced repetition, ready to export to Anki on Plus.

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Why build your own medical terminology deck

Prefixes, suffixes and combining forms pile up fast in a medical terminology course, and a lecture PDF is a poor place to drill them. Ready-made decks exist, but they rarely match your professor's slides. Upload your own material and DeckOwl builds a medical terminology Anki deck from it, with spaced repetition built in.

  • Generate cards from your own lecture slides and notes
  • Review with spaced repetition so word parts stay in memory
  • Export to Anki on the Plus plan
  • Upload photos of printed pages and have the text read for you
Example medical terminology flashcards
What does 'cardi/o' mean?Heart, as in cardiology, the study of the heart.
What does the suffix '-itis' mean?Inflammation of the specified body part, as in gastritis (stomach inflammation).
What does 'hepat/o' mean?Liver, as in hepatitis (liver inflammation).
What does the prefix 'brady-' mean?Slow, as in bradycardia (slow heart rate).
What does the suffix '-ectomy' mean?Surgical removal of a body part, as in appendectomy (removal of the appendix).
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Cards from your own material

Upload your lecture slides, course PDF or typed notes and get flashcards built from the terms your instructor actually covers.

Spaced repetition built in

Cards you miss come back sooner and cards you know drift further out, so word parts stick across the whole term.

Export to Anki

On the Plus plan, take your medical terminology cards into Anki as a deck you can study on any device Anki supports.

How it works

Upload your material

Add a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, text file or photos of pages from your course.

Generate your flashcards

DeckOwl reads the text and turns the terms, prefixes, suffixes and roots into flashcards.

Study or export

Review in the browser on the free plan, or export to Anki on Plus to keep studying there.

Start on the free plan to study in your browser, which includes three generations per month. Exports to Anki, plus PDF, DOCX and CSV, need Plus at $39/year or $7.99/month. Students with a school email get 40% off, and no credit card is needed to start.

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Frequently asked questions

How many flashcards should I make for medical terminology?

Start with the terms from a single lecture or unit, then add more as you master them. Smaller batches are easier to review daily than one large deck.

What is the best way to memorize medical terminology?

Learn the common prefixes, suffixes and root words first, then build full terms from them. Reviewing with spaced repetition helps you recall terms when you need them, not just recognize them.

Can I export my medical terminology cards to Anki?

Yes, on the Plus plan, which also includes PDF, DOCX and CSV export. The free plan lets you study in the browser but does not include exports.

Does DeckOwl work with slides and photos of pages?

Yes, it accepts PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text notes and images, and reads photos of pages with text recognition. The free plan gives you three generations per month.

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