cerato-

cerato-
  (ˈsɛrətəʊ)
  combining form of Gr. κέρας, κερατ- horn, used chiefly to denote relation to a cornu or horn, as of the hyoid bone, or to the cornea; as in cerato-branchial (-ˈbræŋkɪəl), a. Anat. [Gr. βράγχια gills], epithet of one of the main portions of permanent branchial cartilage in fishes and Amphibia; where there are only two segments the lower is the cerato-branchial. ceratocele (-siːl), Pathol. [Gr. κήλη tumour, rupture], a hernia of the cornea of the eye. cerato-glossal (-ˈglɒsəl), a. Anat. [Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], pertaining to the cerato-glossus muscle. cerato-glossus (-ˈglɒsəs), ‘that part of the hyoglossus muscle which arises from the cornu of the hyoid bone’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). cerato-hyal (-ˈhaɪəl), a. [see hyoid], the part of the hyoid arch in mammals below the styloid process. cerato-hyoid (-ˈhaɪɔɪd), a., epithet of a bundle of muscular fibres (see quot.). ceratoˈphyllous, a. [Gr. ϕύλλον leaf], horn-leaved; having simple, linear, subulate leaves. ˈceratophyte (-faɪt), Zool. [Gr. ϕυτόν plant; cf. zoophyte], a kind of coral polyp, the internal axis of which has the appearance of wood or horn. ˈceratoplasty (-ˌplæstɪ), Med. [Gr. πλάσσειν to form, mould], ‘the artificial restoration of the cornea’. ˈceratostome (-stəʊm), Bot. [Gr. στόµα mouth], ‘a perithecium with an elongated and firm-walled neck’. ˈceratotome (-təʊm), [Gr. -τοµος cutting], ‘a knife for dividing the cornea’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).

Oxford English Dictionary