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- noun A device used for
freezing andgrinding human corneal tissue into differentrefractive powers.
Etymologies
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cryo- + lathe
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He had pioneered Refractive keratoplasty with the cryolathe in India and cryoextraction in the 1960s, and under his guidance many other innovations were made by his centre.
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