KERATOMILEUSIS


Meaning of KERATOMILEUSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌker-ə-tō-mil-ˈ(y)ü-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from kerat- + Greek smileusis carving, from smilē knife, lancet

Date: 1978

: keratoplasty in which a piece of the cornea is removed, frozen, shaped to correct refractive error, and reinserted — compare LASIK

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