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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 or transplantation of the cornea

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  • 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

  • "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

  • 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.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • 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.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • 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.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • The FDA also recently approved conductive keratoplasty, which uses radio waves to reshape the cornea, for presbyopia or vision problems that develop with age.

    Health: Life Without Glasses 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • Another procedure, called conductive keratoplasty, was just approved by the FDA.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2004 2004

  • 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

  • After lamellar anterior keratoplasty, PRP with a mean concentration of

    Naturejobs - All Jobs F Luengo Gimeno 2010

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