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KERATOTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does keratotomy mean?
• KERATOTOMY (noun)
The noun KERATOTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical incision into the cornea
Familiarity information: KERATOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into the cornea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("keratotomy" is a kind of...):
eye operation; eye surgery (any surgical procedure involving the eyes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keratotomy"):
radial keratotomy (radial pattern of incisions in the cornea that cause the cornea to bulge; performed to correct myopia)
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