keratomileusis

noun

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

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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, 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, 11 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

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.

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

单词	keratomileusis
释义	keratomileusis noun ker·at·o·mil·eu·sis ˌker-ə-tō-mil-ˈ(y)ü-səs : 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 Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web 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, 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, 11 June 2018 Word History Etymology 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. First Known Use 1978, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition keratomileusis noun ker·at·o·mil·eu·sis ˌker-ət-ō-mil-ˈ(y)ü-səs : 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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keratomileusis

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Medical Definition

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