Associations to the word «Keratoconus»

Wiktionary

KERATOCONUS, noun. (pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.

Dictionary definition

KERATOCONUS, noun. Abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats