Term-Study Guide
Melan/o - Answer black
Leuk/o, Alb/o - Answer White
Erythr/o - Answer red
Xanth/o - Answer Yellow
Xer/o - Answer Dry
Kerat/o - Answer hard, horny
Seb/o, Sebrace/o - Answer Oil
TID - Answer Three Times Daily
QD - Answer Daily
QID - Answer Four Times Daily
QHS - Answer at Night
AC - Answer before meals
PC - Answer After meals
Ipsilateral - Answer Same side
Myel/o - Answer spinal cord, bone marrow
Dementia - Answer loss or decline of mental function
, Pathy - Answer disease
ectomy - Answer removal
Presby - Answer old age
Opia - Answer vision condition
retin/o - Answer retina
Chondr/o - Answer cartilage
Gen/o - Answer creation, cause
Gastr/o - Answer stomach
Cyst - Answer sac
Tomy - Answer incision
TArs/o - Answer ankle
Ankyl/o - Answer stiff or bent
Freckle - Answer macule/ macula
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o - Answer fat
when to use a combining vowel - Answer to join a root to any suffix beginning with a
consonant, to join two roots together even if the second root begins with a vowel
Pain - Answer algia, dynia
Hyper - Answer over