Synonyms & related words for keratectomy

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of keratectomy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to keratectomy

Explore words related to keratectomy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include surgery, iridotomy, keratoplasty, keratotomy, laryngotomy, chordotomy, discission, tympanoplasty. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does keratectomy come from?

The word keratectomy breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: kerat, from Greek keras (“horn; the cornea”); ec-, from Greek ek (“out, out of”); and -tomy, from Greek tome (“a cutting, excision”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.