e-lasik

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   a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea

   Synonymslaser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusisLASEK

   Broadereye operation

Questions about e-lasik

What does e-lasik mean?

e-lasik means "a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea".

How many syllables are in e-lasik?

e-lasik has 3 syllables: e--la-sik. The stress falls on "e-".

What is another word for e-lasik?

Close synonyms include laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis, LASEK. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is e-lasik a common word?

e-lasik is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.