Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0780 short lesson, about 20 seconds
dacry/o: Tears
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The idea
The combining form dacry slash o also names tears, and comes from Greek.
In practice
Dacryocystitis is inflammation of the tear sac.
Where people slip
Lacrim slash o and dacry slash o name one structure, as Greek and Latin pairs do.
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