Remembering medical word part amnio-

Struggling Student's Memory Guide uses association and mnemonic memory techniques in an effort to help students keep from using rote memorization.

blue emboldened words are common or college terms that can be used for association purposes because they share the same word part as a medical term. [I could find no common terms to associate to medical word part amnio- to.]

reddish brown words are medical terms that should be looked up in a medical dictionary for the figurative meanings.

amnio- from Gr. amnion, the bowl for catching the blood of sacrificial victims, from amnus, lamb + -ion, diminutive, means "amnion, the inner fetal membrane that encloses the embryo of reptiles, birds, and mammals". [amniocentesis, lit. puncturing the amnion, amniogenesis, lit. amnion production, Amniota, lit. amnion (animal group)]

Memory Story: You're having a Matrix nightmare and are struggling to get out of your amniotic sack because you dream you're drowning in amniotic fluid. You awaken spitting fluid out of your mouth and cry, "I am Neo!" (amnio-) only to discover your water bed has burst open again. Duct tape has it limits you know.

Word part and memory story from High Speed Memory Techniques for Medical Terminology.

Medical word part -ala- and -pter-

Using substitute words, visualization, and creativity combined to create associations and mnemonic memory techniques lets us eliminate rote memorization and make the memory process faster, more reliable, and even entertaining.

blue emboldened words are common or college terms that can be used for association purposes.

reddish brown emboldened words are medical terms that should be looked up in a medical dictionary for their figurative meanings.

orange emboldened words are from other fields of study that may be of interest.

Word parts and story from High Speed Memory Techniques for Medical Terminology.

-ala- from L. ala, wing means "a winglike structure". [aileron, in aeronautics, a hinged auxiliary wing, aisle, [helpful?] the passage along the wing of pews in a church, ala nasi, lit. the wing of the nose, alar, lit. relating to a wing, aliform, lit. wing shaped, ailes de pigeon, Fr. powdered side curls once worn by men]

-pter-, -ptero-, pterygo- from Gr. pteron, pteryx, pterygos means "wing, feather, or having something to do with the wing-shaped pterygoid process". [helicopter, lit. helix winged, epipteric, lit. around a wing shaped process, pteridine, Chem. lit. (butterfly) wing substance, pterion, lit. wing craniometric point, pterygium, lit. like wing, pterygoid, lit. wing shaped, pterygoma, lit. wing swelling, pterygomandibular, lit. relating the pterygoid process and mandible, pteryadactyl, Paleo. lit. wing finger (dinosaur), fig. the flying dinosaur, Pteris, Bot. a fern genus]

Memory Story: You're enjoying an epicurean delight by French chef Peter called Wings a la P'ter (-ala-, -pter-). They're so light the literally fly into your mouth.

Medical word part -agra-

Using association and mnemonic memory techniques high school students could remember over a thousand medical word parts meanings in about a hundred days. Any high school student who takes the time to do this would have the fundamental vocabulary building blocks they'll need in Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology or almost any other health science course. That's without studying Greek or Latin folks.

reddish brown emboldened words are medical terms that should be looked up in a medical dictionary for their figurative meanings.

Word part and memory story from High Speed Memory Techniques for Medical Terminology.

-agra- from Gr. agra, means "acute pain or seizure". [cardiagra, lit. heart seizure, cheiragra, lit. acute hand pain, melagra, lit. limb seizure, podagra, lit. acute foot pain, staphylagra, lit. (grape) uvula (seizer) holder]

Memory Story: You're a paparazzi taking numerous pictures of a famous honeymooning couple in Niagara (-agra-, not related) Falls until you aggravate (-agra-, not related) the new groom so much he has an acute pain in his chest, followed by a seizure and dies. Well he was a ninety year old tycoon and she was a twenty year old stripper. Fortunately the scandal sheet you work for will pay big bucks for your picture taken of the dead groom and smiling bride.