keratoplasty

ker·a·to·plas·ty

 (kĕr′ə-tō-plăs′tē)

n. pl. ker·a·to·plas·ties

Surgery involving part or all of the cornea, especially corneal transplantation.

keratoplasty

(ˈkɛrətəʊˌplæstɪ)

n, pl -ties

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

ˌkeratoˈplastic adj

ker•a•to•plas•ty

(ˈkɛr ə toʊˌplæs ti)

n., pl. -ties.

plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, esp. a corneal transplantation.

[1855–60]

ker`a•to•plas′tic, adj.

keratoplasty

the surgical process of corneal grafting.

See also: Eyes

Thesaurus

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 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"

Translations

ker·a·to·plas·ty

n. queratoplastia, cualquier modificación de la córnea por medio de cirugía plástica.