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KERATOPLASTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
Synonyms:
corneal graft; corneal transplant; keratoplasty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("keratoplasty" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
organ transplant; transplant; transplantation (an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keratoplasty"):
epikeratophakia (using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed)
