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[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase sign off?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "1 : to announce the end of something (such as a message or broadcast) 2 : to approve or acknowledge something by or as if by a signature sign off on a memo." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase sink in?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": ": to become completely known, felt, or understood I had to tell him what to do over and over before it finally sank in." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase stand a chance?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": ": to have a possibility of (succeeding or winning) The team stands a chance of doing well this year. I think she stands a good chance of winning the election. —often used in neg...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase stand back?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "1 : to take a few steps backwards The paramedics told the crowd to stand back. 2 : to stop doing something or being actively involved in something for a time in order to think about...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase stand pat?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition of stand pat (Entry 2 of 2) intransitive verb. 1 : to play one's hand as dealt in draw poker without drawing. 2 : to oppose or resist change." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase stand tall?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Verb. stand tall. (idiomatic) To behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase stand the test of time?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition of stand the test of time : to continue to be important, respected, etc., for a long period of time Great art/literature/music can stand the test of time." ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase stitch in time saves nine?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition of a stitch in time (saves nine) —used to say that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it become a bigger problem." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase take a break?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": ": to stop doing something for a short period of time : to rest I'm tired." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase that follows the entry j44.0?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Billable Code Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. J44. 0 is a billable ICD code us...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase the clouds that lour'd upon our house?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This line is taken from the Shakespeare quotes the winters are passing and made with glorious summer by the deep bosom of the ocean. It has passed with cl...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase the end justifies the means?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A good outcome excuses any wrongs committed to attain it. For example, He's campaigning with illegal funds on the theory that if he wins the election the end will j...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase the end of the line?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Also, end of the road. The conclusion or final outcome. For example, The editorial pointed out that it was the end of the line for the President; he'd never be reelected, o...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase to be off one's head?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "phrase. If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase to go out of one's mind?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lose one's mental stability, become insane, as in After he heard that the ore he had mined was worthless, the prospector went out of his mind. This phrase is often used...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase to the bitter end?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "To go on until the bitter end today means that a person will persevere with something until it is quite finished, no matter how unpleasant or difficult that is. However, some...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase two sheets to the wind?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "slang Extremely drunk. Most likely derived from nautical terminology, in which a \"sheet\" is the rope that controls the sails of a tall ship; if several sheets are loos...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase two sides of the same coin?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition of two sides of the same coin : two things that are regarded as two parts of the same thing These problems may seem unrelated but they are really two side...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase u.s. foreign policy?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The foreign policy of the United States is its interactions with foreign nations and how it sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and system cit...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase united we stand divided we fall?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "United we stand, divided we fall. \"United we stand, divided we fall\" is a phrase that has been used in mottos, from nations and states to songs. The basic con...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase vis-a-vis?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vis-à-vis is a loanword from French, and its literal meaning is “face-to-face.” In English, vis-à-vis is used as an adverb, adjective, and noun with its literal meaning. As a preposi...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase wait on?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "phrasal verb. If you are waiting on something, you are waiting for it to happen, for example before you do or decide anything. [US] Since then I've been waiting on events. [" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase wall off?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": ": to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall The school walled off the playground from the parking lot." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase work off?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "transitive verb. : to dispose of or get rid of by work or activity." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase write off?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "1 : to eliminate (an asset) from the books : enter as a loss or expense write off a bad loan. 2 : to regard or concede to be lost most were content to write off 1979 and look optimis...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase yellow-bellied?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "informal + old-fashioned. : not having courage : cowardly He's a yellow-bellied traitor!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the phrase young at heart?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Having a youthful outlook, especially in spite of one's age. For example, She loves carnivals and fairs; she's a grandmother but she's young at heart." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the poem anthem for doomed youth?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "\"Anthem for Doomed Youth\" was written by British poet Wilfred Owen in 1917, while Owen was in the hospital recovering from injuries and trauma resulting from his milita...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the poem to the filipino youth?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In the poem Rizal praises the benefits that Spain had bestowed upon the Philippines. ... In this poem, however, it is the Filipino youth who are the protagonists, whose \"p...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix a?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a- (3) prefix meaning \"not, without,\" from Greek a-, an- \"not\" (the \"alpha privative\"), from PIE root *ne- \"not\" (source also of English un-). In words from Greek, such as abysmal, a...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix able?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "-able. a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in Englis...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix abs?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix ab- or abs- is a Latin origin which means 'away', 'from' or 'separation'. ... This means there is a sense of 'being away' in most of the words that begin with ab or abs." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix ad?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ad- a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicated direction, tendency, or addition: adjoin. Usually assimilated to the following consonant; see a-5, ac-,...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix ante?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix meaning “before,” used in the formation of compound words: anteroom; antebellum; antedate." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix anti?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "anti- a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formation of compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix aqua?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "aqua-, prefix. aqua- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning \"water''. This meaning is found in such words as: aquaculture, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, aqueous, aquifer." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix auto?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Greek prefix auto- means “self.” Good examples using the prefix auto- include automotive and autopilot. An easy way to remember that the prefix auto- means “self” is through the word ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix be-?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "word-forming element of verbs and nouns from verbs, with a wide range of meaning: \"about, around; thoroughly, completely; to make, cause, seem; to provide with; at, on, to, for;\" from Ol...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix bene?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "-bene- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning \"well. '' This meaning is found in such words as: benediction, benefactor, beneficent, beneficial, benefit, benevolent." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix bi?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "prefix. Definition of bi- (Entry 2 of 4) 1a : two bilateral. b : coming or occurring every two bicentennial. c : into two parts bisect." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix bio?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "prefix. Bio means of life or living things. An example of bio is biography which is the story of a person's life." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix bronch?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "bronch- prefix. The definition of bronch means related to the bronchi, the two airways that connect the windpipe to the lungs. An example of bronch is bronchitis which is when the linin...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix centi?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Centi- (symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793 and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin centum, meaning \"hundre...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix co?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix co-, with the sense “joint, jointly,” now forms new words from bases beginning with any sound (cochair; cogeneration; costar; coworker), sometimes with the derived sense “auxilia...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix com?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (commit): used in the formation of compound words before b...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix com con col?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Latin directional prefixes com-, col-, and con- can mean \"with\" or \"together\". Click here to visit Quizlet to practice words with the prefixs \"com-\", \"con-\", and \"col-...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix con?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix con-, which means “with” or “thoroughly,” appears in numerous English vocabulary words, for example: connect, consensus, and conclude." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix counter?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "word-forming element used in English from c. 1300 and meaning \"against, in opposition; in return; corresponding,\" from Anglo-French countre-, French contre-, from Latin contra \"oppo...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix de?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The English prefix de-, which means “off” or “from,” appears in hundreds of English vocabulary words, such as dejected, deduce, and deficient. You can remember that the prefix de- means “fr...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix di- dif- and dis-?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The directional prefixes dis-, di-, dif- mean “apart, in different directions.” (" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix dia?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek (diabetes; dialect) and used, in the formation of compound words, to mean “passing through” (diathermy), “thoroughly,” “completely” (diagnosis), ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix dif?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "prefix. Dif is defined as separate. An example of dif used as a prefix is diffuse, which means to spread out." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix dis?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "dis- 1. a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force (see de-, un-2); used freely, especially with these latter senses,...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix dyn-?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "prefix. Dyn is defined as power. An example of dyn used as a prefix is in the word dynamite." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix dys?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dys-: Prefix denoting bad or difficult, as in dyspepsia (difficult digestion)." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix e?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "e- A prefix that stands for “electronic” and refers to information technologies, business, and almost anything connected to or transmitted over the Internet. Some examples of its use include...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix eco?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "prefix. Eco is defined as the environment, habitat or surroundings. An example of eco is ecology." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix en?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition for en (4 of 9) a prefix meaning “within, in,” occurring in loanwords from Greek: energy; enthusiasm." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix epi?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “upon,” “on,” “over,” “near,” “at,” “before,” “after” (epicedium; epidermis; epigene; epitome); on this model, used in the format...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix er?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "used with many verbs to make nouns meaning someone or something that performs an action. a writer. a cooker. Synonyms and related words. -" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix ex?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimes meaning “not” or “without” or indicating a former title, status, etc.; freely used as an English formativ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix extra?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix meaning “outside,” “beyond,” freely used as an English formative: extrajudicial; extraterritorial; extra-atmospheric." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix femto?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Femto- (symbol f) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10−15. It was added in 1964 to the SI. It is derived from the Danish word femten, meaning \"fifteen\"." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix fer?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "-fer-, root. -fer- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning \"carry. '' This meaning is found in such words as: confer, defer, differ, ferry, infer, pestiferous, prefer, transfer." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix fore?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition for fore (3 of 3) a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.), “front,” “superior,” etc.: forehead; forecastle; forecast; foretell; foreman." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix form?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Quick Summary. The root form, which means 'shape,' gives us a number of words that are used every day, including reform, information, deformed, and form. To 'form,\" for instance, is simp...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix fract?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The root 'dict' means 'to speak'. The roots 'fract' and 'frag' mean 'to break. You can use these root meanings to help you understand what the new words mean." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix gen?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "-gen- comes from Greek and Latin, where it has the meanings \"race; birth; born; produced. '' These meanings are found in such words as: antigen, carcinogen, congenital, degenerate, engend...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix geo?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word γη or γαια, meaning \"earth\", usually in the sense of \"ground or land\"; as a prefix, it may also mean \"global\" or relate to the planet Ear...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix glyco?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix (glyco-) means a sugar or refers to a substance that contains a sugar. It is derived from the Greek glukus for sweet." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix grad?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Latin root word grad and its variant gress both mean “step.” These roots are the word origin of many English vocabulary words, including graduate, gradual, aggressive, and egress." ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix graph?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "modern word-forming element meaning \"instrument for recording; that which writes, marks, or describes; something written,\" from Greek -graphos \"-writing, -writer\" (as in autographos ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix gyne?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": ", gynec- [Gr. gynē, stem gynaik-, woman] Prefixes meaning woman, female, female reproduction. The variant gynaeco- is used outside the U.S." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix hemi?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hemi-: Prefix meaning one half, as in hemiparesis, hemiplegia, and hemithorax. From the Greek hemisus meaning half and equivalent to the Latin semi-. As a general rule, not always followe...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix herbi?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Root: clue/clus. Define: close. Root: herbi. Define: grass." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix hetero?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hetero-: Prefix meaning different, as in heteromorphism (something that is different in form) and heterozygous (possessing two different forms of a particular gene). The opposite of het...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix hydro?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A prefix that means: “water” (as in hydroelectric) or “hydrogen,” (as in hydrochloride). MLA Style. \"Hydro.\" YourDictionary." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix hyper?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "hyper- a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “over,” usually implying excess or exaggeration (hyperbole); on this model used, especially as opposed to hypo-, in the ...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix hypo?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "hypo- hyp- A prefix that means “beneath“ or “below,” as in hypodermic, below the skin. It also means “less than normal,” especially in medical terms like hypoglycemia. In the names of che...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix il?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "1. not or no: used with some adjectives and nouns that begin with 'l' to give the opposite meaning. illogical. illegal." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix im/in?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix in- changes its form to il- before an l; to im- before b, m or p; and to ir- before r. This prefix (and its variations) have two meanings. Meaning 1: not, without." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in bicycle?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bi- means “two.” Look at bicycle. Bicycle means “a vehicle with two wheels.” When the prefix bi- is added to cycle, it changes the meaning of the word." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in or im?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix in- changes its form to il- before an l; to im- before b, m or p; and to ir- before r. This prefix (and its variations) have two meanings. Meaning 1: not, without." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the medical term hypotension?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Suffix is plasty, means repair. In term hypotension what is prefix and meaning. Prefix is hypo , means less than normal." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the medical term interstitial?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Interstitial: Pertaining to being between things, especially between things that are normally closely spaced. The word interstitial is much used in medicine an...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the medical term pseudopod?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "milliliter. What is the meaning of the prefix in the medical term pseudopod? false. Select the prefix that has the opposite meaning of hyper." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the term quadriceps?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a. In the term quadriceps, the prefix quadri means? a) four." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the term suprarenal?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What is the meaning of the prefix in the term suprarenal? ... The prefix in the term extracorporeal means without." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the term triceps brachii?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "movement away from the midline. What is the meaning of the prefix in the the triceps brachii? muscle. In the term insertion, the suffix -ion means: action." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix in the word antiseptic?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "antiseptic (adj.) also anti-septic, \"inimical to micro-organisms which cause disease, putrefaction, etc.,\" 1750, from anti- \"against\" + septic \"pertaining to putref...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix inter?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "inter- a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,” “in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest); on this m...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix intra?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "a prefix meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words: intramural." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix ion?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Definition for ion (3 of 4) a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used in Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix ir?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "1. not, or no: used with some adjectives and nouns that begin with 'r' to give the opposite meaning. irregularity. irreplaceable." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix iso?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "iso-, prefix. iso- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning \"equal''. This meaning is found in such scientific and chemical words as: isosceles, isotope." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix ject?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Latin word root ject means 'throw. ' Many common words are 'thrown' about each day which use this root, including eject, reject, object, and projector. Perhaps a pointed way to help r...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix junct?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Root Words junct, join, jug- & rupt- junct, join, jug- = to join, meet, or link. conjugate (v.) to join together or match a correct verb in grammar. conjunction (n.)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix jus?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "-jur- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning \"swear. '' It is related to the root -jus-, meaning \"law; rule. '' This meaning is found in such words as: abjure, conjure, injure, jurid...
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix karyo?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The prefix (karyo- or caryo-) means nut or kernel and also refers to the nucleus of a cell." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "what is the meaning of the prefix kerato?" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "before vowels, kerat-, scientific word-forming element meaning \"horn, horny,\" also \"cornea of the eye\" (see cornea), from Greek keras (genitive keratos) \"the horn of an animal; hor...