1. Combining form of L. corneus, CORNEOUS, meaning ‘with a horny admixture,’ as in corneo-calcareous; corneo-silicious.
2. Combining form of CORNEA, as in corneo-iritis, inflammation of the eye affecting both cornea and iris; corneo-sclerotic, pertaining to the cornea and sclerotic coat.
1872. Huxley, Physiol., ix. 227. The corneo-sclerotic case of the eye.
1878. T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 316. Interstitial keratitis is not unfrequently complicated by iritis, hence the name ‘corneo-iritis.’
