- tectonic keratoplasty
- keratoplasty to replace corneal tissue that has been lost.
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tectonic keratoplasty
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tectonic — adjective a) of or relating to construction or to architecture b) of, relating to, or caused by large scale movements of the Earths lithosphere See Also: plate tectonics, tectonic keratoplasty, tectonic plate, tectonics … Wiktionary
tectonic — Relating to variations in structure in the eye, particularly the cornea. [G. tektonikos, relating to building] * * * tec·ton·ic (tek tonґik) [Gr. tektonikos skilled in building] pertaining to construction; used in denoting the mechanics… … Medical dictionary
keratoplasty — Any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and the insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere. SYN: corneal graft, corneal… … Medical dictionary
seismotectonic — adjective Related to, or caused by an earthquake and/or the dynamics of tectonic plates of a planets crust. See Also: seismograph, seismology, plate tectonics, tectonic keratoplasty, tectonic plate … Wiktionary
queratoplastia tectónica — Eng. Tectonic keratoplasty Queratoplastia que se practica con el fin de sustituir tejido corneal que se ha perdido … Diccionario de oftalmología
Corneal transplantation — Intervention ICD 9 CM 11.6 MeSH … Wikipedia
