keratoplasty [ˈkɛrətəʊˌplæstɪ]
keratoplasty
n pl -ties
(Medicine / Surgery) plastic surgery of the cornea, esp involving corneal grafting
keratoplastic adj
keratoplasty
the surgical process of corneal grafting.
See also: Eyes
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  keratoplasty - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donorepikeratophakia - using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed; "epikeratophakia gave her a living contact lens" anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue organ transplant, transplantation, transplant - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" |
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