radial keratotomy

American

noun

Ophthalmology.

a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.

radial keratotomy British

/ ˌkɛrəˈtɒtəmɪ /

noun

an operation designed to improve short-sightedness in which a number of cuts are made around the cornea to change the shape of it

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radial keratotomy Scientific

/ kĕr′ə-tŏt′ə-mē /

A surgical procedure consisting of a radial pattern of corneal incisions, performed to reduce or correct myopia.

Etymology

Origin of radial keratotomy

First recorded in 1975–80; kerato- + -tomy

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Years earlier, Beck had undergone a radial keratotomy* to correct his vision.

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