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KERATOTOMY
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I. (noun)
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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