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keratomileusis

noun
ker·​at·​o·​mil·​eu·​sis | \ ˌker-ə-tō-mil-ˈ(y)ü-səs How to pronounce keratomileusis (audio) \

Definition of keratomileusis

: a surgical procedure for correcting the refractive power of the eye to improve vision that formerly involved removing, freezing, reshaping, and reinserting a section of the cornea but now typically involves reshaping the cornea in place with the use of an excimer laser — compare lasik

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 Lasik — short for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis — eliminates the need for glasses by reshaping the cornea, the clear round dome that covers the front of the eye. — Author: Roni Caryn Rabin, Anchorage Daily News, "Blurred vision, burning eyes: This is a Lasik success?," 12 June 2018 Cutting Nerves Within the Eye Lasik — short for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis — eliminates the need for glasses by reshaping the cornea, the clear round dome that covers the front of the eye. — New York Times, "Blurred Vision, Burning Eyes: This Is a Lasik Success?," 11 June 2018

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First Known Use of keratomileusis

1978, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for keratomileusis

probably borrowed from Spanish queratomileusis, from querato- kerato- + -mileusis, probably erroneously for Greek smīleúsis "carving," from smī́lē "knife, scalpel" (of uncertain origin) + -eusis, action-noun suffix of verbs ending in -euō, -euein

Note: The word was presumably coined by the pioneer of the surgical procedure, the Spanish-born ophthalmologist José Ignacio Barraquer Moner (1916-98); it occurs in his paper "Queratomileusis para la correción de la miopía," Archivos de la Sociedad Americana de Oftalmología y Optometría, vol. 5 (1964), pp. 27-48.

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keratomileusis

noun
ker·​at·​o·​mil·​eu·​sis | \ ˌker-ət-ō-mil-ˈ(y)ü-səs How to pronounce keratomileusis (audio) \

Medical Definition of keratomileusis

: a surgical procedure for correcting the refractive power of the eye to improve vision that formerly involved removing, freezing, reshaping, and reinserting a section of the cornea but now typically involves reshaping the cornea in place with the use of an excimer laser — see lasik

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