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kerat/o: Horny Tissue

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The combining form kerat slash o names hard, horny tissue, the protein that toughens skin and nails.

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Keratosis is an abnormal condition of thickened, horny skin.

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Kerat slash o also names the cornea of the eye. The rest of the term decides which.

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