RADIAL KERATOTOMY


Meaning of RADIAL KERATOTOMY in English

Ophthalm.

a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.

[ 1975-80; KERATO- + -TOMY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .