scler/o
Word root Medical Terminology
Hard; also the sclera (white of the eye).
Example: scleroderma (hardening of the skin)
Terms built with scler/o
- atherosclerosisBuildup of fatty plaque in artery walls, narrowing and hardening the arteries.
Related terms
- rect/oRectum.
- retin/oRetina, the light-sensing layer at the back of the eye.
- salping/oTube, especially the fallopian (uterine) tube or the eustachian tube.
- sarc/oFlesh or connective tissue.
- scoli/oCrooked or twisted.
- sial/oSaliva or salivary gland.
- spir/oBreathing.
- splen/oSpleen.
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