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epikeratophakia

epikeratophakia noun: the surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.

Noun

epikeratophakia (uncountable)

  1. The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.

Questions about epikeratophakia

What does epikeratophakia mean?
Epikeratophakia means the surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.
What part of speech is epikeratophakia?
Epikeratophakia is a noun.

Words near epikeratophakia in the dictionary

  1. epikarstic
  2. epikarsts
  3. epikeia
  4. epikeratome
  5. epikeratomes
  6. epikeratophakia
  7. epikeratoplasties
  8. epikeratoplasty
  9. epikeratoprosthesis
  10. epikleses
  11. epiklesis

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