Today's word is ORTHOPEDIC

Students have an inordinate amount of problems with medical words.

I am always surprised when a student cannot tell the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist.

For the point of information, the psychiatrist is the professional who went to medical school.

Creating pictures in your mind helps the student build an extraordinary vocabulary.

Let's take today's word ORTHOPEDIC.

By now you know, that I don't get hung up on the definition.

That is merely the starting point, not the end result.

or·tho·pe·dics also or·tho·pae·dics (ôrth-pdks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.

So what is the picture in your mind?

If you are into sports, you might picture an orthopedic surgeon in your mind consulting with an athlete.

They might be discussing an ACL injury, a common sports injury to the knee.

The picture in your mind is your way to freeze a picture in your mind to form a permanent connection in your mind with the word.

Some students have a difficulty separating the meaning of similar words ORTHOPEDIC and ORTHODONTIST.

Of course, when you learn the word ORTHODONTIST, you come away with the fact that this is a dentist who specializes in straightening teeth and in today's society, we have associated with braces.

Therefore, picturing an ORTHODONTIST in their dental office, affixing braces to the teeth, is a very effective way to perpetuate this word within your vocabulary.

Your pictures are endless.

Whatever the word, you can practice this technique by creating pictures in your mind to recall the word.

It is my goal to share this simple vocabulary building system with millions of students.

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