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Medical Terminology Prefixes 10 | Memorize tauto, trans, ultra, xero, zygo

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In today's video, I broke down for you the Medical Vocabulary words,

tauto- = same

tauto- = taco + toe

same = duplicate

Story

The chef made 2 tacos with toes, and they all looked the same

Term Use

tautomeral = pertaining to certain neurons that send processes to the white matter on the same side of the spinal cord

[Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners]

trans- = through

trans- = transit bus + tree

through = going through

Story

The transit bus went through the tree

Term Use

transplacental = Crossing the placenta.

[Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012]

ultra- = excess

ultra- = umbrella on a truck

excess = excess power pulling an X

Story

Truck with an umbrella excessively pulling an X

Term Use

ultrasound= Sound having a frequency greater than 30,000 Hz.

[Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012]

xero- = dryness

xero- = xylophone in the shape of a zero

dryness = desert

Story

The xylophone shaped like a zero was in the desert and somehow it was so dry that you couldn’t play it

Term Use

xerophthalmia = a condition of dry and lusterless corneas and conjunctival areas, usually the result of vitamin A deficiency and associated with night blindness

[Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.]

zygo- = yoke

zygo- = zebra and a goat

yoke = egg yolk

Story

Zebra and Goat were eating egg yolks

Term Use

zygogenesis = the formation of a zygote.

[Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.]

The key idea with being able to memorize med terms and vocabulary words is the create pictures for those words.

Just take both the picture for the word and the picture for the definition and visualize an interaction between the two.

That's It! Just review a little bit and you will have these words fully memorized come test day.

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