EPIKERATOPHAKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epikeratophakia mean? 

• EPIKERATOPHAKIA (noun)
  The noun EPIKERATOPHAKIA has 1 sense:

1. using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed

  Familiarity information: EPIKERATOPHAKIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIKERATOPHAKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

epikeratophakia gave her a living contact lens

Hypernyms ("epikeratophakia" is a kind of...):

corneal graft; corneal transplant; keratoplasty (a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor)