KERATOPLASTY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

corneal graft; corneal transplant; keratoplasty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)