Taber's Medical Dictionary
keratotomy
keratotomy is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.
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(ker-ă-tot′ŏ-mē )
[kerato- + -tomy]
1. Incision of the cornea.
2. Removal of the corneal epithelium, typically by scraping.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Keratotomy." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755442/all/keratotomy.
Keratotomy. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755442/all/keratotomy. Accessed November 20, 2019.
Keratotomy. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755442/all/keratotomy
Keratotomy [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 November 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755442/all/keratotomy.
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