Word Parts Pertaining to the Eye and Vision

TABLE 18-3 Roots for External Eye Structures

ROOT

DEFINITION OF EXAMPLE

palpebr/o

eyelid

palpebral PAL-pe-bral

pertaining to an eyelid

blephar/o

eyelid

symblepharon sim-BLEF-a-ron

adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball

lacrim/o

tear, lacrimal apparatus

lacrimation lak-ri-MA-shun

secretion of tears

dacry/o

tear, lacrimal apparatus

dacryo t it h DAK-re-o-lith

stone in the lacrimal apparatus

dacryocyst/o

lacrimal sac

dacryocystoce 1 e dak-re-d-SIS-to-sel

hernia of the lacrimal sac

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