keratoplasty (redirected from refractive keratoplasty)

keratoplasty [ˈkɛrətəʊˌplæstɪ]

n pl -ties

(Medicine / Surgery) plastic surgery of the cornea, esp involving corneal grafting

keratoplastic  adj

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keratoplasty

the surgical process of corneal grafting.

See also: Eyes

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Noun

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keratoplasty - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor corneal graft, corneal transplant epikeratophakia - 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"