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keratotorus en · NOUN

Etymology

From kerato- + torus.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A corneal herniation accompanied by severe regular myopic astigmatism.
    • 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. 2000, Daniel M. Albert, Frederick A. Jakobiec, Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 735:
    • 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. 1972, Arnold Sorsby, Modern ophthalmology: Topical aspects, →ISBN, page 246:
    • 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. 1980, Ronald A. Schachar, Norman S. Levy, Les Schachar, Radial Keratotomy, page 159: