RADIAL KERATOTOMY


Meaning of RADIAL KERATOTOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌker-ə-ˈtä-tə-mē ]

noun

Date: 1980

: a surgical operation on the cornea for the correction of myopia that involves flattening it by making a series of incisions in a radial pattern resembling the spokes of a wheel — compare photorefractive keratotomy

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