keratoconus

English

Etymology

From kerato- +‎ conus, from Latin cone.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧to‧co‧nus

Noun

keratoconus

(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.

Related terms

keratoconic

Translations

degenerative disorder of the eye

Albanian: keratokonus m
Catalan: queratocon m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圓錐角膜／圆锥角膜 (yuánzhuī jiǎomó)
Dutch: keratoconus (nl) m
Finnish: kartiopullistuma
French: kératocône (fr) m
German: Keratokonus (de) m
Hebrew: קרטוקונוס (he) (qeraṭoqonus)
Hungarian: keratoconus
Italian: cheratocono m
Japanese: 円錐角膜 (えんすいかくまく, ensuikakumaku)
Korean: 원추각막 (wonchugangmak)
Polish: stożek rogówki m
Portuguese: ceratocone m
Russian: кератоконус (ru) m (keratokonus)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кератоконус m

Roman: keratokonus m
Spanish: queratocono m
Swedish: keratokonus
Tamil: கூம்புக்கருவிழி (kūmpukkaruviḻi)
Turkish: keratokonus
Ukrainian: кератоконус m (keratokonus)

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