keratoplasty
- noun
- /ˌkɛrəˈtɒpləsti/
- Specialized
:
queratoplastia
- Many patients seek keratoplasty as a solution for severe corneal damage caused by injury or disease.
- endothelial keratoplasty
Examples
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The patient underwent Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty in the right eye.
Academic text (2007) -
The surgeon performed keratoplasty to restore the patient's sight by replacing the damaged cornea with healthy tissue.
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Additional possible single cases after corneal transplant or keratoplasty (not included in table) in Japan.
Academic text (2012) -
After the keratoplasty, the patient noticed an immediate improvement in vision clarity and comfort.
Synonyms
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4.2
A surgery that replaces a damaged cornea in the eye with healthy tissue from a donor
An operation that replaces a damaged clear layer at the front of the eye with healthy donor tissue
A surgery that places clear tissue from another person on the front of the eye to help vision
Surface Forms
Morphology
keratoplasty = kerato + kerat + plasty
The word is built from specialist combining forms referring to the cornea and surgical repair, which are not transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Keratoplasty comes from Greek parts: kerato- meaning 'horn', a name used for the cornea, and -plasty meaning 'to shape' or 'to form', the same idea behind the English word plastic. So keratoplasty is like 'shaping' or repairing the cornea, which is why it means a surgery to replace or fix a damaged cornea.