corneal transplant
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrnɪəl ˈtrænsplænt/
- Specialized
:
trasplante de córnea
- perform corneal transplant
Examples
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And then I had to put my name on a corneal transplant list for which had a huge waiting list.
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Additional possible single cases after corneal transplant or keratoplasty (not included in table) in Japan.
Academic text (2012) -
So he should do well with corneal transplants, which we’ll be doing soon.
Fiction book (1992) -
Last year, she received a corneal transplant that improved her vision significantly.
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The surgeon explained the corneal transplant procedure to the patient before the surgery.
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After waiting for several months, he finally found a donor for his corneal transplant.
Synonyms
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3.4
A medical operation to move an organ or tissue into another person's body
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4.4
An operation that moves an organ or tissue from one person to another to replace a damaged part
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3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
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3.9
A medical operation on the eye to fix sight problems
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3.4
A surgery on the eye to fix vision or treat eye problems
An operation that replaces a damaged clear layer at the front of the eye with healthy donor tissue
An operation that replaces a damaged front part of the eye with healthy tissue from another person
A surgery that places clear tissue from another person on the front of the eye to help vision
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('a surgical procedure replacing the cornea') is directly and compositionally derived from 'corneal' (pertaining to the cornea) + 'transplant' (surgical transfer of tissue). This is a straightforward technical noun phrase following standard English composition and has close equivalents across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
Corneal transplant creates a clear picture: doctors take a healthy cornea, the clear front part of the eye, from another person and transplant it into a damaged eye like fitting a new window. So, it means 'an operation to replace a damaged cornea'.