Locatein situ
Start with the body system and the clinical setting, and meet every word inside a real structure. Context makes the meaning stick.
Cardiovascular system · heart valvesmitral valve
See the organ, and the word comes back.
Fig. 1METS · Learn by roots and scenes
Medical terms stick
Medical terms stick
once you break them down.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is 26 letters long, but it's built from just four parts. Learn around 300 common roots and you can read tens of thousands of medical terms on sight. That's exactly the skill the METS exam tests.
Scan to try it for freeWeChat mini program · METS词根记Sign in with WeChat. Your progress syncs across devices.See a word broken down first →
Fig. 1 · Coronal section of the heart
One heart, eight terms. Hover over any label to open its entry card.
Fig. 2Dissect
Even the longest word is just a few pieces put together.
Click any word above to see how it breaks down. Once you have seen the structure, you'll recognize it the next time you see it.
Key point
Fig. 3–6Method
Four steps from a word to a skill.
Meet the term where it lives in the body, break it down, review it on schedule, then organize it around your specialty and your exam. One cycle takes a term from "I've seen it" to "I can use it."
Dissectmorphology
See the prefix, root and suffix side by side, then put them back together. Once you've broken a word down, you'll recognize the pattern next time.
pericarditisperi- + cardi/o + -itis
Read long words you have never seen before, on the spot.
Revisitspaced
Reviews follow the forgetting curve. Every word gets a scheduled return date, from first encounter to active recall.
Review schedule10 min · 5 days · 10 days · 13 days
No cramming before the exam. The words are already yours.
Composeyour own
Build word lists around your own goals. Import terms from a conference agenda or a ward rotation, and the app breaks them down and builds the flashcards.
METS prep list · Conference listImport terms → break down → flashcards
Word lists built for your exam and your department.
Fig. 6.5Leverage
Learn one root,
Learn one root,
recognize a whole family of terms.
Medical English is built from parts. The same root appears in dozens of terms, so once you know it, you know them all. The library holds 1,486 roots like this.
cardi/o
heart
12 terms share it
1486Roots
85Prefixes
322Suffixes
2491Terms
Master around 300 high-frequency roots and you can break down tens of thousands of medical terms. The METS exam, reading papers, writing case notes in English, following conference talks, working with colleagues abroad: one skill covers them all.
Fig. 7Product
Look up one word, learn a dozen.
Look it up, break it down, see it in context, review it.
Every lookup becomes a lesson in how the word is built and which family it belongs to.
Fig. 7.1 · AI lookup
Long words break down into clear meanings
Take esophagogastroduodenoscopy. See each part in turn and the meaning follows: endoscopy of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.
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About
Put vocabulary back where medicine happens.
Medical English Terms (METS), known in China as METS词根记, is a medical English learning system designed for the METS exam and for clinical English, built for medical students, doctors and other health professionals.
Understand how a word is built and it's yours for good: faster reading, more precise notes, and no panic when an unfamiliar term turns up in the exam.
MAILdeveloper@mingmotech.com.cnWeChatMETS词根记XiaohongshuHOLA 医学英语
Start with METSFrom one root
From one root
to passing METS.
Scan the code in WeChat to open the mini program. Your progress syncs across devices. Start today, and terminology will be your strong suit by the next exam.