Opistho- Medical Term Prefix

Learn how to memorize the Opistho, Medical Term Prefix meaning definition in today’s Medical Terminology Course video for Pre-Med and Nursing Students.

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The prefix Opistho means = Rear

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

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Just take both the picture for the word and the picture for the meaning or definition and visualize an interaction between the two as we did above.

opistho- = rear

opistho- = a pistol
rear = rear behind (butt)

Story: A pistol shot him in the rear end

Term Use
opisthomi = An order of eel-like fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the skull
[Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary. © 1913]

That’s It! You now know how to memorize the Opistho Medical Term Prefix meaning and definition! Just review a little bit and you will have these words fully memorized come test day.

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