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KERATECTASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keratectasia mean? 

KERATECTASIA (noun)
  The noun KERATECTASIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eyeplay

  Familiarity information: KERATECTASIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KERATECTASIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("keratectasia" is a kind of...):

astigmatism; astigmia ((ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people)


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