How to remember all the medical term??

Question

I always having problem remember all the medical terms when i studying, the name, the spelling always got me in trouble.. can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

Something I found useful was first trying to remember some of the prefixes & roots of the words.

For example, I know if the word has hept- in it, it's talking about something to do with the liver. If the word has hem- or hemo-, it's about blood.

Answer 2

What I do is to try and explain things to myslef using all the medical terms. My flatmates must think I am mad when I talk all this mumbo jumbo to myself.

But at least you get to make mistakes without the doctors beign annoyed with you.

Answer 3

Maybe speaking it out loud would help. When I took medical terminology I would read out loud to myself and also record it while I was reading it. Then, when I was driving I could play the tape for a little reinforcement.

Answer 4

yes get a Latin dictionary of medical terms. once you look at the Latin you will see how knowing key Latin words are everywhere in medicine. most times they just sound scientific but are really not. the latin is used to describe what you see or what happens

Answer 5

Write it, spell it out loud , then say it , then repeat. Do that until you can do several in a row without looking . Keep adding more until you have them all down.

Good Luck!

Answer 6

Learn the meaning of the prefixes and suffices. e.g. cardio-, -logy, angio-, myo-, etc.

Use more of your senses, singing, make funny jokes, use acronyms, record and play-back, act it out, have fun with it, rote learning, massive repetition, do until you find something that works well for you because different things work for different people.