Verified corpus entry

dacryocystitis

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Morphology rail

Construction: Combining form dacry/o, tear or tear duct; Combining form cyst/o, bladder, sac, or cyst; Suffix -itis, inflammation; reconstructs dacryocystitis.

  1. 01C/F / Combining form

    dacry/o

    Surface: dacryo

    tear or tear duct

  2. 02C/F / Combining form

    cyst/o

    Surface: cyst

    bladder, sac, or cyst

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -itis

    Surface: itis

    inflammation

dacryocystitis

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A source-cited word-part teaching record for dacryocystitis.

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  1. Source 1

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 15 - Sensory System Terminology

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

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  2. Source 2

    Download MeSH Data

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  3. Source 3

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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