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keratotomy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: K EH2 R AH0 T AO1 T AH0 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A surgical incision in the cornea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

surgical incision into the cornea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: eye operation, eye surgery

Narrower terms: radial keratotomy

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *kérats Ancient Greek κέρᾰς (kérăs)der. English kerato- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English keratotomy From kerato- + -tomy.