Definition: 'Keratoplasty'
keratoplasty
Type: TermPronunciation: ker′ă-tō-plas′tē
Definitions:
1. Any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and the insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere.
Synonyms:
corneal graft, corneal transplantation, corneal trepanation, trepanation of cornea, transplantation of cornea
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