epikeratoplasty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

epi- +‎ keratoplasty

Noun[edit]

epikeratoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural epikeratoplasties)

  1. (surgery) A form of keratoplasty in which the lenticule is sutured onto the cornea after removal of the epithelium