KERATOPLASTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keratoplasty mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KERATOPLASTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

corneal graft; corneal transplant; keratoplasty

Hypernyms ("keratoplasty" is a kind 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))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keratoplasty"):

epikeratophakia (using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed)