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Epikeratophakia Moderate

Epikeratophakia has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

"epikeratophakia gave her a living contact lens"

2

The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
keratoplasty
Rhyming Words
kia wikia rukia takia sakia nokia rakia nakia dyckia bankia funkia parkia kirkia saskia phakia clarkia nesokia corokia karakia latakia
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