Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0928 short lesson, about 20 seconds
pharmac/o: Drug
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The idea
The combining form pharmac slash o names a drug or medicine.
In practice
Pharmacology is the study of drugs.
Where people slip
Pharmac slash o names drugs as a subject. It names no drug in particular.
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