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EYE BANK
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I. (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))
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