Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Xerophthalmia” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• xer

  dry

  Forms: xero, xer

• ophthalm

  eye

  Forms: ophthalm

• -ia

  a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of - names of diseases - names of countries - names of chemical alkaloids - names of flowers, from names of the discoverer or the person who introduced the flower - names of classes and orders in botany and zoology - names of collective nouns - names of things relating to something - plurals of Latin and Greek nouns that end with -ion, -ium, -um

  Forms: ia