Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical incision of the cornea.
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- noun medicine A surgical incision in the
cornea .
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- noun surgical incision into the cornea
Etymologies
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Lots of people had already undergone an older, less-reliable treatment called RK (radial keratotomy), but my doctor was anxious to get the word out about the new technique.
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I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy.
Make Your Life Prime Time María Celeste Arrarás 2009
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I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy.
Make Your Life Prime Time María Celeste Arrarás 2009
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I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy.
Make Your Life Prime Time María Celeste Arrarás 2009
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I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy.
Make Your Life Prime Time María Celeste Arrarás 2009
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One concern is whether the long-term effect of radial keratotomy might be loss of vision.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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An illustration is radial keratotomy, a surgical procedure for correcting certain eyesight problems.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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PRK, performed in the physician's office with local anesthesia, is a far more sophisticated procedure than a controversial form of surgery called radial keratotomy (RK).
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Surgeons thought they had perfected radial keratotomy, surgery performed to enable better vision without glasses, on rabbits, but the procedure blinded the first human patients.
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The same might be said for the microwave oven, the hair dryer, laser keratotomy, REITs, the Xbox and the ATM machine.
Ten Things That Will Change The Way We Live Things That Will Change The Way We Live Breckinridge Ely 2006
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