Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgery involving part or all of the cornea, especially corneal transplantation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ceratoplasty .
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- noun surgery
grafting ortransplantation of thecornea
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
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Examples
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"Surgeons used to tell me that they would wait until a person was 20/200 to 20/250 before they would risk a penetrating keratoplasty, which is getting close to legal blindness,"
columbiatribune.com stories < 2010
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Corneal graft, also known as keratoplasty, is one of the most common transplant procedures in humans and is the only available treatment for a number of corneal disorders.
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Corneal graft, also known as keratoplasty, is one of the most common transplant procedures in humans and is the only available treatment for a number of corneal disorders.
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Corneal graft, also known as keratoplasty, is one of the most common transplant procedures in humans and is the only available treatment for a number of corneal disorders.
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The FDA also recently approved conductive keratoplasty, which uses radio waves to reshape the cornea, for presbyopia or vision problems that develop with age.
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Corneal transplantation, known as corneal grafting or penetrating keratoplasty, represents a surgical procedure performed by ophthalmologists, that includes the replacement of a damaged or diseased cornea, the clear part of eye in front of the iris and pupil, with a donated corneal tissue, extracted from a deceased person.
Cornea Transplants -Corneal Transplantation Surgical Proceedure 2008
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Corneal transplantation, known as corneal grafting or penetrating keratoplasty, represents a surgical procedure performed by ophthalmologists, that includes the replacement of a damaged or diseased cornea, the clear part of eye in front of the iris and pupil, with a donated corneal tissue, extracted from a deceased person.
Cornea Transplants -Corneal Transplantation Surgical Proceedure 2008
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Another procedure, called conductive keratoplasty, was just approved by the FDA.
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Monovision correction can be accomplished with LASIK as well as conductive keratoplasty (CK) and other corneal or lens-based refractive surgeries. 」
マイコミジャーナル マイコミジャーナル編集部 2010
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After lamellar anterior keratoplasty, PRP with a mean concentration of
Naturejobs - All Jobs F Luengo Gimeno 2010
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