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    CORNEAL GRAFT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    corneal graft; corneal transplant; keratoplasty

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("corneal graft" 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 "corneal graft"):

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

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