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tooth sac (medicine) and keratomileusis (medicine)


tooth sac (medicine)


tooth sac


A capsule that encloses the developing tooth.


keratomileusis (medicine)


keratomileusis
Surgical alteration of refractive error by changing the shape of a deep layer of the cornea: the anterior lamella is peeled back, frozen, and recarved on its back surface on a lathe; or, some of the corneal stroma can be removed from the bed with a laser or a knife.

Origin: coinage, prob. Fr. G. Keras (kerat-), horn, cornea, + smileusis, carving