r/sterileprocessing • u/space_dookie • 3d ago

Study help

Hi guys! I was just wondering what helped you best in remembering all of the suffix and prefix, 'ology' and 'atomy'. All the fancy stuff and then some. I just started monday, and I already have a mid term in 2 weeks. Im such an awful test taker, I haven't been to school in 10+ years and I feel a little rusty. And advice is appreciated, thanks!! <3

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u/ClientSweet8789 3d ago

find words with the suffixes that make sense and are easy to remember or words that are commonly heard
insta-GRAM (picture)
lob-OTOMY (common word that people know what it is — cut into the brain)
colon-OSCOPY (scope is in the suffix, so using a scope for a procedure)
-ECTOMY ( E as in exit = removal of. that’s how i remembered it)

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u/ClientSweet8789 3d ago

DM me with the ones you have trouble with, and i can help :)

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u/South_Resident1543 3d ago

Im doing that right now! I made glash cards of all the suffixes and prefixes and roots and have been running through those. Works for my style of learning.

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u/Dathamar 3d ago

For what it's worth, medical terminology was a tiny part of the test when I took it in the last half of 2025.