Mnemonic generator website / software

Don't have the imagination to create your own mnemonics? Create your own mnemonics online with these mnemonic generators.

• Enter the terms one by one and press the "generate mnemonic" button to create mnemonics CLICK HERE
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Medical spellings

Potassium or Pottasium - Which is corect?
PoTaSSium is correct - remember that there is one 'Tea' and two 'S'ugars.

Causes of memory loss

Remember the mnemonic Memory VANISHED to remember the causes of memory loss. Watch this video for explanation.

Mechanism of actions

Here is a diagram to remember mechanism of action of various drugs in one diagram; Symbols help you to remember the name of drugs (Eg;- Cycle symbol should bring Cyclocerine to your memory):
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Wilm's Tumor - Mnemonics notes

Introducing new mnemonic notes. Make your own notes with mnemonics embeded. Take for instance this notes on Wilm's tumor. Try to remember the facts with the 'W' of Wilms as shown below:

Inter Nuclear Opthalmoplegia

This is a animation of left Inter Nuclear Opthalmoplegia. It's not my creation, I picked it up from http://www.medicalgeek.com/lecture-notes/23252-internuclear-ophthalmoplegia-animated-tutorial.html#post69877 . Go there to see this animation.
Animations are very helpful many times. You can copy and see this animation in your mobile for quick reference.

Causes of Cramps

Causes of Cramps are "CRAMP"-
Calcium level low, Respiratory Alkalosis, Metabolic acidosis, Magnesium level low, Porphyria

A good practical mnemonic

Here's a good mnemonic I found which is not a medical mnemonic, but you may meed to apply in your everyday life including medicine, esp while operating medical machinery; Very useful for orthopedic surgeons while operating during a sleepless night :-)
When you turn a screw / lid / bolt with your screwdriver / hand /spanner, which direction to turn to loosen it? May be you are very confident now and tell the answer, but people use to commit this mistake even though they know this fact. Sometimes our brain sleeps or get confused on such facts.
So here's the mnemonic: " Turn Left to Loosen; Turn rIGHT to tIGHT"

Fallot's tetrology

This video demonstrates the pathology in Tetrology of Fallot with open and closed Ductus arteriosus. Video animations are a great memory aid.

How to identify Radius and ulna's Square nails

In Orthopaedics viva, your professor may give you two square nails and ask you to identify which one for is used for Radius?
Ans: See the tip of the nails - Radial square nail tip looks like an "R" and ulna's tip look like it's second letter small "l". Hope you won't forget the two square nails now!

Extrapyramidal side effects

The extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) associated with certain antipsychotic drugs (like Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine etc) with the time frame when they will occur can be remembered by "I came 4 DISCO IN THIS INN):

Note: Start from '4' - The time these EPS appears are 4 hours, 4 days, 4 weeks, 4 months in that order.

• 4 hrs       - acute DYStOnia (DISCO) {EPS occurs like disco!}
• 4 days    - akINesia (IN)
• 4 weeks  - akaTHISia
• 4 months - tardive dyskINesia (INn - extra 'N' is for the delayed complication :-)  )

 Alternatively remember DAAD -  Dystonia, Akinesia, Akathisia, Dyskinesia in that order.