KERATOTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical incision into the cornea

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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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