root word conveys the essential meaning of the word and frequently indicates a body part. Using a combining form, the root word and a combining vowel such as i, e, o, or a may be combined with another root word, a prefix, or a suffix to describe a particular structure or condition. A frequently used term in EMS is CPR, which stands
A viceroy / Ë v aÉª s. r ÉÉª / is a regal official who runs a country, colony, city, province, or sub-national state, in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning in the place of and the French word roi, meaning king.
1. a colony ruled or administered by officials appointed by and responsible to the reigning sovereign of the parent state. 2. Amer. Hist. a colony, as New York, administered by a royal governor and council appointed by the British crown, and having a representative assembly elected by the people.