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keratoplasty

DEFINITIONS OF: keratoplasty

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n a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor

Synonyms:
corneal graft, corneal transplant
Types:
epikeratophakia
using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed
Type of:
anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery
surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
organ transplant, transplant, transplantation
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
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