corneal graft

corneal graft

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • corneal graft — noun a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor • Syn: ↑keratoplasty, ↑corneal transplant • Hypernyms: ↑plastic surgery, ↑reconstructive surgery, ↑anaplasty,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • corneal graft — see keratoplasty …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • corneal transplant — noun a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor • Syn: ↑keratoplasty, ↑corneal graft • Hypernyms: ↑plastic surgery, ↑reconstructive surgery, ↑anaplasty, ↑transplant …   Useful english dictionary

  • Corneal transplantation — Intervention ICD 9 CM 11.6 MeSH …   Wikipedia

  • Corneal dystrophy — is a group of disorders, characterised by a noninflammatory, inherited, bilateral opacity of the transparent front part of the eye called the cornea. The distrophies could be subdivided based on specie affected: Corneal dystrophies in human… …   Wikipedia

  • Graft (surgery) — Intervention MeSH D019737 Grafting refers to a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another person, without bringing its own blood supply with it. Instead, a new blood supply grows in after it is placed …   Wikipedia

  • Graft — Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue taken from one part of the body to replace diseased or injured tissue removed from another part of the body. For example, skin grafts can be used to cover areas of skin that have been burned or surgically… …   Medical dictionary

  • graft — 1) n. any organ, tissue, or object used for transplantation to replace a faulty part of the body. A skin graft is a piece of skin cut from a healthy part of the body and used to heal a damaged area of skin. A bone graft can be performed using… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • injerto corneal — Eng. Corneal graft Lentículo corneal extraído a un donante utilizado para reemplazar una córnea opaca …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • penetrating graft — a full thickness corneal transplant …   Medical dictionary

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