What it means
The root in words about the eyelids. Blepharitis is inflammation of the eyelids, blepharoplasty is surgery to reshape them, and blepharospasm is an eyelid that twitches or closes on its own.
At a glance
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Dictionary · Word part
blephar/o
A word part that means eyelid.