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Blepharitis is a common and chronic condition that causes inflammation of the eyelids. It can be caused by several factors, including bacteria, an overgrowth of yeast on the skin, or abnormalities in the oil glands of the eyelids. Common symptoms of blepharitis include redness, itching, and irritation of the eyelids, as well as crusting or scaling along the eyelash line. Some people may also experience blurred vision or sensitivity to light. While blepharitis can be uncomfortable and unsightly, it is not usually serious and can often be managed with proper hygiene and treatment. Treatment may involve cleaning the eyelids with a warm compress and gentle cleansing solution, using antibiotic ointments or oral antibiotics to control bacterial growth, or using artificial tears to relieve dry eye symptoms. Prevention measures for blepharitis include washing your hands frequently, avoiding rubbing or touching your eyes, and regularly cleaning your eyelids with a gentle cleanser or warm compress. It is also important to replace eye makeup and contact lenses frequently to prevent the buildup of bacteria. In some cases, blepharitis can lead to complications such as styes or chalazia, which are small bumps that form on the eyelid. If you experience any unusual symptoms or have difficulty managing your blepharitis, you should consult an eye doctor for proper diagnosis and treatment.
| Name | Country | Type |
| -ac | greek | "one afflicted with" |
| -alis | latin | "related to" or "pertaining to" |
| -ase | greek | "enzyme" |
| -ation | latin | "process" |
| -cide (-cīda) | latin | "killer" or "killing" |
| -dynia / odúnē (ὀδύνη) | greek | "pain" |
| -emia / haima (αἷμα) | greek | blood |
| -iatry / iatrós (ἰατρός) | greek | "healer" |
| -ism | ||
| -itis | greek | "inflammation" |
| -ium | latin | "tissue" or structure" |
| -olus | latin | "small" |
| -oma | greek | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| -opsy / opsis (ὄψῐς) | greek | "view" or "examination" |
| -ose | latin | "sugar" or "carbohydrate" |
| -osis | greek | "pathological" or "abnormal condition" |
| -rupt | latin | "erupt" or "break" or "burst" |
| -sy | greek | "pathological condition" |
| a- | greek | "deprive" or "without" or "from, away from, off" |
| ab- | latin | "from", "away from" |
| abdomin (abdōmen) | latin | "abdomen", "fat around the belly" |
| absorbēre | latin | "to absorb" |
| acanth / akantha (ἄκανθα) | greek | "thorn" or "spine" |
| acro / akron (ἄκρον) | greek | "extremity", "topmost" |
| acutus | latin | "sharp" |
| ad- | latin | "near" |
| aden (ἀδήν, ἀδέν-) | greek | "gland" |
| adips | latin | "fat" or "fatty tissue" |
| aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος) | greek | "air" or "gas" |
| aesthesis (αἴσθησις ) | greek | "sensation" |
| akoustikós (ἀκουστικός) | greek | "hearing" |
| albus | latin | "white" or "pale color" |
| algos (ἄλγος) | greek | "pain" |
| amine | ||
| amnion (ἄμνιο) | greek | pertaining to the amnion (membranous fetal sac) |
| amphi (ἀμφί) | latin | "on both sides" or "both of two" |
| amylon | greek | "starch" |
| an- | greek | "not" or "without" |
| ana (ἀνα) | greek | "up" or "widening" |
| andr (ἀνδρ, ἀνήρ) | greek | "male" |
| aneurysma | greek | "dilation" |
| angere | latin | "to choke" or "to strangle" |
| angi | greek | "blood vessel" |
| anisos (ἄνῑσος) | greek | "unequal" |
| ankulos (ἀγκύλος) | greek | "bent" or "crooked" or "curved" |
| anthropos (άνθρωπος) | greek | "human" |
| anti- | greek | "against" or "opposed" |
| aortikos | greek | "pertaining to the aorta" |
| appendere | latin | "to hang something on" |
| arteria (αρσενικός) | greek | "windpipe" or "air hose" or "artery" |
| arthro- (ἄρθρον) | greek | "joint" |
| askos | greek | "bag" or "sack" |
| astma | greek | "panting" or "shortness of breath" |
| ather (ἀθάρη) | "fatty deposit" or "soft gruel-like deposit" | |
| atopos (ἄτοπος) | greek | "out of place" |
| autos (αὐτός) | greek | "self" or "the same" |
| bacillus | latin | "rod-shaped" |
| bakterion (βακτήριον) | greek | "small staff" |
| basis (βάσις) | greek | "foundation" or "base" |
| bi | latin | "twice" or "double" |
| bios (βίος) | greek | "life" |
| blastos (βλαστός) | greek | "germinate" or "bud" |
| brachus (βραχύς) | greek | "short" or "little" or "shallow" |
| bradus (βραδύς) | greek | "slow" |
| bronkhos | greek | "windpipe" or "throat |
| bursa | greek | "purse" |
| candidus | latin | "white" |
| capillus | latin | "hair" |
| capit | latin | "the head" |
| cellula | latin | "small cell" |
| cephalo (kephalḗ - κεφαλή) | greek | "the head" |
| chir / kheir (χείρ) / kheiro (χειρο) | greek | "hand" |
| chlor- | greek | "green" |
| chole / khole (χολή) | greek | "bile" |
| chronos | greek | "time" |
| cingulum | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| cis | latin | "on this side" |
| clast / klastos (κλαστός) | greek | "broken" or "break" |
| co | latin | "with" or "together" or "in association" |
| coccus / kokkos (κόκκος) | greek | "round" or "spherical" |
| congenitus | latin | "born with" |
| conjunctiv | ||
| contra | latin | "against" |
| corona | latin | "crown" or "garland" |
| cortex | latin | "outer region" |
| crine / krino (κρίνω) | greek | "to secrete" or "separate" or "discern" or "divide" |
| croupe | old french | "rump" or "haunch" |
| cryo | greek | "cold" |
| cyan- | greek | "blue" |
| cystis | latin | "bladder" |
| dactyl / dáktulos (δάκτυλος) | greek | "finger" or "toe" |
| de- | latin | "deprive" or "from, away from, off" |
| dent / dens / dentis | latin | "teeth" |
| derma | greek | "skin" |
| dia (διά) | greek | "through" or "across" |
| diabainein | greek | "to pass through" |
| diplo | greek | "double" |
| dipsa (δίψα) | greek | "thirst" |
| dromos (δρόμος) | greek | "a running" or "a course" |
| dupli | latin | "double" |
| dura / durus | latin | "hard" |
| dys- | greek | "difficult" or "abnormal" |
| ecto / ektós (ἐκτός) | greek | "outer" or "outside" |
| ectomy / ektome (ἐκτομή) | greek | "excision" or "removal of body part" |
| eidos | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| emphysao | greek | "to blow" or "to inflate" |
| en- | latin | "in" |
| endo | greek | "inside" |
| enteron | latin | "intestine" |
| epi- (ἐπι-) | greek | "up" or "before" or "outside" |
| epilepsia (ἐπιληψία) | greek | "seizure" or "to seize" |
| equi | latin | "equal" |
| erythr- | greek | "red" |
| erythro /eruthrós (ἐρυθρός) | greek | "red" |
| esophageal | ||
| eurys | greek | "wide" or "broad" |
| exo (ἔξω) | greek | "external" or "outside of" |
| externa | latin | "external" |
| febris | latin | "fever" |
| filum | latin | "thread" or "hair-like" |
| folliculus | latin | "small bag" or "sack" |
| galaktos | greek | "milk" |
| gaster | greek | "stomach" |
| genos (γένος) | greek | "to produce" or "kind" |
| gland | ||
| glaucos (γλαυκός) | greek | "grey" or "bluish-grey color" |
| gnosis (γνῶσις) | greek | "knowledge" |
| gonos (γόνος) | greek | "seed", "semen", "reproductive" |
| gramma (γράμμα) | greek | "picture" |
| graphia (γραφία) | greek | "written" or "drawn" or "recording" |
| gutta | latin | "a drop" |
| gyno | greek | "woman" |
| hemi | greek | "half" |
| hepar | greek | "liver" |
| hernia | latin | "a rupture" |
| herpes | greek | "to creep" or "to crawl" |
| heteros (ἕτερος) | greek | "two" or "another" or "different" |
| histemi | greek | "to stand" |
| homeo / homoios (ὅμοιος) | greek | "similar" |
| hydro / hudor (ὕδωρ ) | greek | "water" |
| hyper | greek | "excessive" or "above normal" |
| hypo- | greek | "under" or "below normal" |
| iasis | greek | "disease" |
| immunis | latin | "exempt" or "free from" |
| infectio | latin | "pollution" or "contamination" |
| inflammare | latin | "to set on fire" |
| inter | latin | "between" |
| interstice | english | "narrow space" |
| interstitial | ||
| intrā | latin | "within" |
| ischaimos | greek | "to hold back" or "to restrain" |
| iso | greek | "equal" |
| ite / ites (ίτης) | greek | "resembling" |
| kalium | latin | "potassium" |
| kardia | greek | "heart" |
| karpos (καρπός) | greek | "wrist" |
| kata (κατά) | greek | "down" or "under" |
| kerato | greek | cornea |
| khalasis | greek | "relaxation" |
| kirrhos | greek | orange-yellow |
| kloster (κλωστήρ) | greek | "spindle" or "thread" |
| kolon | greek | "colon" |
| kranion | greek | "skull" |
| kuphós (κυφός) | greek | "humped" or "bent forward" or "stooping" |
| kustis (κυστις) | greek | "bladder" or "pouch" |
| labi / labia / labium | latin | "lip" |
| lac | latin | "milk" |
| lateralis | latin | "belonging to the side" |
| latus | latin | "side" |
| leuc- | greek | "white" |
| leuk- | greek | "white" |
| lipos (λίπος) | greek | "fat" |
| lithos (λῐ́θος) | greek | "stone" |
| lupus | latin | "wolf" |
| lympha | latin | "clear water" or "lymph" |
| lysis / lúsis (λῠ́σῐς) | greek | "destruction" or "separation" |
| macros (μᾰκρός) | greek | "large" or "long" |
| mal- | latin | "poorly, badly" |
| mamma | latin | "breast" |
| mammilla | latin | "nipple" |
| manus | latin | "hand" |
| mastos (μαστός) | greek | "breast" |
| melan- | greek | "black" |
| meninx | greek | "membrane" |
| mesenterium | latin | "middle intestine" |
| mesos (μέσος) | latin | "middle" |
| metr- / metra (μήτρᾱ) | greek | "uterus" |
| migraine | french | "severe headache" |
| monos (μονός) | greek | "single" |
| morphe (μορφή) | greek | "form" or "shape" |
| multi | latin | "many" |
| musculus | latin | "muscle" |
| muxa (μύξᾰ) | greek | "mucus" |
| myelos | greek | "marrow" or "spinal cord" |
| myo- | greek | "muscle" |
| natus | latin | "born" |
| nekros (νεκρός) | greek | "death" |
| neos (νέος) | greek | "new" |
| nephros | greek | "kidney" |
| neuron (νεῦρον) | greek | "nerve" |
| neutrophil | ||
| neutros | greek | "neutral" referencing "neutrophils" |
| oculus | latin | "eye" |
| oesophagus / oisophagos (οἰσοφάγος) | greek | "gullet" or "passage for food" |
| oisophagos | greek | "gullet" or "entrance to the stomach" |
| oisos | greek | "equal" |
| oligos (ὀλῐ́γος) | greek | "few" |
| onkos (ὄγκος) | greek | "tumor" |
| oo / oion (ᾠόν) / oio (ᾠο) | greek | "egg" or "ovum" |
| oral / oris | latin | "mouth" |
| oric | "pylorus" | |
| osteo | greek | "bone" |
| ous | greek | "ear" |
| pachy / pakhus (πᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "thick" or "large" or "stout" |
| paidos (παιδός ) / pais (παῖς) | greek | "child" |
| panniculus | greek | "a small rag" or "a small piece of cloth" |
| para- | greek | "beside" or "near" |
| pathia | latin | "feeling/suffering" or "disorder/disease" |
| pathos | greek | "disease" |
| pauci | latin | "few" |
| pectus | latin | "breast" or "chest" |
| ped / pes | latin | "foot" |
| penia (πενῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "deficiency" or "poverty" |
| pepsis / pepsia / peptos (πεπτός) / pesso (πέσσω) | greek | "digestion" |
| peri- | greek | "around" |
| phagia (φαγία) / phagos (φᾰ́γος) / phagein (φᾰγεῖν) | greek | "to eat" |
| phall / phallus / phallos (φαλλός) | greek | "penis" |
| pherien | greek | "to carry" |
| philo- / philia (φῐλῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "loving" |
| phobia / phóbos (φόβος) | greek | "fear" |
| phone (φωνή) | greek | "sound" |
| photo- (φωτω-) / phos (φῶς) / phaos (φᾰ́ος) | greek | light |
| pituita | latin | "phlegm" |
| plasis (πλᾰ́σῐς) / plastos (πλαστός) | greek | "formed" or "molded" or "growth" |
| pleio- / pleion (πλεῖον) | greek | "multiple" |
| pleura | greek | "rib" |
| pne-, pneuma (πνεῦμα), pnein (πνεῖν), pneumatos (πνεύματος) | greek | "air" or "breath" or "lung" |
| pod- (ποδ-) / -pous (πούς) | greek | "foot" |
| poly | greek | "many" |
| porosis / poros (πόρος) | greek | "porous" |
| post | latin | "after" or "behind" |
| pre / prae | middle english and latin | "before" |
| primus | latin | "first" or "most important" |
| pro- | latin | "before" |
| proct / proktos (πρωκτός) | greek | "anus" or "rectum" |
| prolactin | hormone | |
| prostates | greek | "one who stands before" |
| protos (πρωτος) | greek | "first" or "most important" |
| pseudo (ψεύδω) | greek | "lie" or "deceive" |
| psora (ψώρα) | greek | "itch" or "mange" |
| psych / psykhe (ψυχή) | greek | "breath" or "life" or "soul" |
| pulmo | latin | "lung" |
| pulos | greek | "gatekeeper" |
| Pyloros / puloros (πυλωρός) | greek | "gate keeper" |
| refluere | latin | to flow back" |
| renes / ren | latin | "kidneys" |
| retro | latin | "backward" or "behind" |
| rhea / rhoia (ῥοίᾱ) | greek | "flow" or "discharge" |
| rheuma | greek | "a swelling" or "a stream" |
| rhino (ῥίς) / rhis (ῥίς) | greek | "nose" |
| rhod- | greek | "red" |
| salping- (σαλπιγγ-) / salpinx (σᾰ́λπῐγξ) | greek | "trumpet" |
| sangui / sanguine | latin | "blood" |
| sapros (σαπρός) | greek | "rotten" or "putrid" |
| sarco- / sarx (σάρξ) | greek | "flesh" |
| scabere | latin | "to scratch" |
| schist / skhistos (σχῐστός) | greek | "divided" or "split" |
| schizo (σχῐ́ζω) / skhizein (σχῐ́ζειν) | greek | "split" or "double-sided" |
| semi | latin | "half" |
| sepsis | greek | "decay" or "putrefaction" |
| sinus | latin | "cavity" or "curve" |
| situs | latin | "place" |
| sklerosis (σκληρόςσῐς) / skleros (σκληρός) | greek | "hard" or "hardening" |
| skolios (σκολιός) | greek | "crooked" or "bent" |
| somnus | latin | "sleep" |
| stasis (στᾰ́σῐς) | greek | "set" or "place" or "standing still" |
| stenos (στενός) | greek | "narrow" |
| stethos (στῆθος) | greek | "Upper chest" |
| struma | latin | "swelling" or "tumor" |
| sub | latin | "beneath" or "under" |
| super | latin | "above" or "superior" |
| supra | latin | "above" |
| syn | greek | "together" |
| syndrome | ||
| syrinx | greek | "tube" or "pipe" |
| tachy / takhus (τᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "fast" or "rapid" |
| tetanos (τέτανος) | greek | "rigid" or "taut" |
| thrombos (θρόμβος) | greek | "clot" or "lump" |
| tonos | greek | "tension" |
| trismos | greek | to "a biting together" or "gnash the teeth" or "to grind" |
| trismus | greek | "lockjaw" |
| trophic | greek | "nourishment" |
| ulcus | latin | "sore" or "wound" |
| vagina | latin | "sheath" or "scabbard" |
| vasculum | latin | "small vessel" |
| vena | latin | "vein" |
| ventricular | latin | "pertaining to the ventricles" |
| vita | latin | "life" |
| xenos (ξένος) | greek | "foreign" |
| xiphos (ξῐ́φος) | greek | "sword" |
| ze- / zeo (ζέω) | greek | "boil" or "bubble" or "seethe" |
| zoo / zoion (ζῷον) | greek | "animal" or "animal life" |
| zoster | latin | "belt or girdle" |
| zym / zyme (ζύμη) | greek | "fermentation" or "leaven" |