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eye bank

 
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–noun
a place for the storage of corneas that have been removed from the eyes of people recently deceased, used for transplanting to the eyes of persons having corneal defects.
Origin:
1940–45, Americanism
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eye bank  
n.  A place at which corneas obtained from human bodies immediately after death are stored and preserved for subsequent transplantation to patients with corneal defects.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: eye bank
Function: noun
: a storage place for human corneas from the newly dead for transplanting to the eyes of those blind through corneal defects
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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eye bank n.
A place where corneas of eyes removed immediately after death are preserved for subsequent keratoplasty.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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