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Root words
nervous system
| root word | answer |
|---|---|
| darcy/o | tears |
| scler/o | sclera;hard |
| uve/o | uvea |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| ir/o;irid/o | iris |
| dacryocyst/o | tear sac |
| glauc/o | silver;gray |
| cyan/o | blue;bluish |
| erythr/o | red |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| olig/o | few;diminished |
| encephal/o;cephal/o | brain;head |
| crani/o | cranium;skull |
| thromb/o | clot |
| hydr/o | water;fluid |
| dipl/o | double |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| blast/o | immature |
| fund/o | fundus;base |
| vitre/o | glassy;jelly-like |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| eosin/o | rosy red;rosy |
| gli/o | neuroglia;nerve cell |
| neur/o | nerve |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| mening/o | meninges |
| quadr/i | four |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum;brain |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| thec/o | sheath |
| dendr/o | dendrite;branching |
| arachn/o | spider |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| electr/o | electricity |
| retin/o | retina |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| ocul/o | eye |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| phot/o | light |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| aque/o | watery |
| opt/o | eye;vision |
| melan/o | black |
| phac/o;phak/o | lens |
| leuk/o | white |