ˈcorneo-1. Combining form of L. corneus, corneous, meaning ‘with a horny admixture’, as in corneo-calˈcareous; corneo-siˈlicious.2. Combining form of cornea, as in corneo-iritis, inflammation of the eye affecting both cornea and iris; corneo-scleˈrotic, pertaining to the cornea and sclerotic coat.1872Huxley Phys. ix. 227 The corneo-sclerotic case of the eye.1878T. Bryant Pract.Surg. I. 316 Interstitial keratitis is not unfrequently complicated by iritis, hence the name ‘corneo-iritis’.
☞ corne-, corneo-
corneo-/ˈkɔ:nɪəʊ/combining form.
ORIGIN: from cornea: see -o-.
Medicine. Of or pertaining to the cornea and —, as corneo-iritis.