kayser-fleischer ring

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   a pigmented ring at the outer edge of the cornea of the eye; a symptom of Wilson's disease

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Questions about kayser-fleischer ring

What does kayser-fleischer ring mean?

kayser-fleischer ring means "a pigmented ring at the outer edge of the cornea of the eye; a symptom of Wilson's disease".

Is kayser-fleischer ring a common word?

kayser-fleischer ring is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.