keratotorus
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- Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs
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keratotorus (uncountable)
- (ophthalmology) A corneal herniation accompanied by severe regular myopic astigmatism.
- 1972, Arnold Sorsby, Modern ophthalmology: Topical aspects, →ISBN, page 246:
- In contrast to keratoconus, which can be regarded as an irregular deformity, there is keratotorus in which there is regular increase in curvature over a limited area of the cornea.
- 1980, Ronald A. Schachar, Norman S. Levy, Les Schachar, Radial Keratotomy, page 159:
- The effect of such a peripheral ectasia may be the development of irregular astigmatism, although in this case it would result from keratotorus which is an inverse form of keratoconus.
- 2000, Daniel M. Albert, Frederick A. Jakobiec, Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 735:
- There is some consensus that keratoconus, keratotorus, keratoglobus, and pellucid zone degeneration are related because these different conditions have been found to coexist in families.