corneal transplant

English Thesaurus

1. a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor (noun.act)

hypernym	:	anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery,
definition	:	surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue (noun.act)

hypernym	:	organ transplant, transplant, transplantation,
definition	:	an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	epikeratophakia,
definition	:	using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed (noun.act)