keratonyxis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ancient Greek, meaning "horn puncture".

Noun[edit]

keratonyxis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
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