keratometer etymology

English word keratometer comes from English -meter (Used to form the names of measuring devices.), English kerato- (Cornea. Horn.)

Detailed word origin of keratometer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-meter English (eng) Used to form the names of measuring devices.
kerato- English (eng) Cornea. Horn.
keratometer English (eng) Ophthalmometer.

Words with the same origin as keratometer

Descendants of -meter
accelerometer altimeter arthrometer barometer calorimeter calorimetry dioptometer dynamometer fluorometer geoboard geometry glucometer hodometer holometer inclinometer lucimeter pantometer photopolarimeter pulsimeter spectrometer symmetry tachometer tiltmeter trig trigonometry
Descendants of kerato-
atopic keratoconjunctivitis herpetic keratoconjunctivitis keratoangioma keratoatrophoderma keratoconjunctivitis keratocyst keratocyte keratoelastoidosis keratogenetic keratogenic keratogenous keratogram keratohyalin keratoid keratophyte keratoplasty keratoprosthetic keratorefractive keratorrhexis keratoscopic keratoscopy keratosulfate keratotome phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis