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Keratoconus

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Noun
  1. 1
    A degenerative noninflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.
  2. 2
    abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia wordnet

Etymology

From kerato- + Latin conus.

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