Corotomy

/kəˈrɒtəmi/ noun

Definition

A surgical procedure involving incision or cutting related to the pupil or cornea of the eye.

Etymology

From Greek koron (pupil) + -tomy (tome, 'to cut'). A specialized ophthalmological surgical term.

Kelly Says

Corotomy procedures are relatively rare in modern medicine, but they represent the fascinating history of eye surgery—before lasers, surgeons had to manually cut specific eye structures with incredible precision!

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