EYE BANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eye bank mean? 

• EYE BANK (noun)
  The noun EYE BANK has 1 sense:

1. a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects

  Familiarity information: EYE BANK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYE BANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("eye bank" is a kind of...):

bank (a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies))