laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

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   a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea

   SynonymsLASIK

   Broadereye operation

Questions about laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

What does laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis mean?

laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis means "a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea".

What is another word for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis?

Close synonyms include LASIK. 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 laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis a common word?

laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis 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.