-ASE Medical Term Suffix

Ase Medical Term - Medical Terminology Suffix Single Word -min

Learn how to memorize the ASE, medical term suffix meaning definition in today’s Medical Terminology Course video for Pre-Med and Nursing Students.

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The suffix -ase means: enzyme

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.

-ase = enzyme

-ase = ace of diamond (card)
enzyme = angel slime

Story
The angel won all the slime after having all aces in poker

Term Use
luciferase = An enzyme present in the cells of bioluminescent organisms that catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin and ATP, producing light.
[The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary. © 2007. Houghton Mifflin Company]

That’s It!

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

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