Definition of "keratotomy" []

• Surgical incision of the cornea. (noun)

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• "Lots of people had already undergone an older, less-reliable treatment called RK (radial keratotomy), but my doctor was anxious to get the word out about the new technique."
• "I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy."
• "One concern is whether the long-term effect of radial keratotomy might be loss of vision."