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Meaning of epikeratophakia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.

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CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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