MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What does sclero-mean? Sclero-is a combining form used like a prefix to mean “hard” or as a form of sclera, the white outer layer of the eyeball. Sclero-is often used in medical and scientific terms.

Detailed explanation-2: -a combining form meaning “dry, ‘’ used in the formation of compound words: xerophyte.

Detailed explanation-3: -before vowels, xer-, word-forming element meaning “dry, ‘’ from Greek xero-, combining form of xeros “dry, withered” (see xerasia).