HyperDic: corneal_graft

English > 1 sense of the expression corneal graft:
NOUNactcorneal graft, keratoplasty, corneal transplanta surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
English > corneal graft: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor.
Synonymskeratoplasty, corneal transplant
NarrowerepikeratophakiaUsing a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed
Broaderplastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplastysurgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
transplant, transplantation, organ transplantAn operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
Spanishqueratoplastia
Catalanqueratoplàstia

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