keratoectasia
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Dan Reinstein — Professor Dan Reinstein is a specialist ophthalmic surgeon in the UK and is a board certified ophthalmologist in the USA and Canada, specializing in the field of refractive surgery (vision correction). He is medical director of the London Vision… … Wikipedia
ectasia, ectasis — Dilation of a tubular structure. [G. ektasis, a stretching] annuloaortic e. supravalvular dilation of the aorta involving both its wall and the valve ring, which, however, remains of smaller diameter than the more distal … Medical dictionary
keratectasia — SYN: keratoectasia. [kerato + G. ektasis, extrusion] * * * n. bulging of the cornea at the site of scar tissue (which is thinner than normal corneal tissue). * * * ker·a·tec·ta·sia (ker″ə tek taґzhə) [kerat + ectasia] protrusion… … Medical dictionary
