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A blocked tear duct is a common condition that can occur in infants, children, and adults. It is caused by a blockage or narrowing of the tear duct, which prevents tears from draining properly from the eye. Common symptoms of a blocked tear duct include tearing or watery eyes, discharge from the eye, and redness or swelling around the eye. Infants may also have a sticky or matted appearance around the eye or experience frequent eye infections. While most cases of blocked tear ducts resolve on their own, some may require medical intervention. Treatment options may include massaging the tear duct, using antibiotic drops or ointments to treat infections, or inserting a small stent or balloon to open up the tear duct. In some cases, surgery may be required to remove a blockage or to create a new tear drainage system. Surgery is typically reserved for severe cases or cases that do not respond to other treatments. Prevention measures for blocked tear ducts include maintaining good hygiene and avoiding irritants that can cause eye inflammation or infections. It is also important to seek medical attention for any unusual or persistent symptoms, especially in infants who may be more prone to complications.
| 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" |