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  • Keratonosus

    General term for a disease of the cornea.  

  • Keratoglobus

    Keratoglobus

    Spherical enlargement and protrusion of the cornea. Swelling of the eyeball. A congenital disorder of the eye in which the whole cornea bulges forward in a regular curve. A globular protrusion and enlargement of the cornea, seen in congenital glaucoma.  

  • Keratogenous

    Horny material or its production. Related to the development of hard growths.  

  • Keratoconus

    Conical protrusion of the cornea. A coneshaped lump on the cornea. A protrusion and thinning of the apical portion of the cornea, of obscure etiology, in which vision is best corrected by a contact lens. Cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea; it may be treated by special contact lenses or by epikeratophakia. Disease that involves a…

  • Keratinous

    Horn-like.  

  • Keratinize

    To become horny-hard.  

  • Keratic

    Cornea or horn. Relating to horny tissue or to keratin. Relating to the cornea.  

  • Intra vitam

    During life.  

  • Intraventricular

    Within a ventricle of heart or brain. Inside or placed into a ventricle in the heart or the brain. Inside a ventricle, which is one of the heart’s two lower chambers. The term can also denote the brain’s ventricles, which are spaces filled with cerebrospinal fluid.  

  • Intratympanic

    Within the middle ear. Inside the tympanic cavity, which is the space of the middle ear located between the eardrum externally and the hearing organ internally. This cavity is connected to the Eustachian tube that extends from the back of the nose.  

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