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eye bank

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eye bank
n.
A place where corneas of eyes removed immediately after death are preserved for subsequent keratoplasty.

eye bank
Etymology: AS, eage + It, banca, bench
a facility for collecting and storing corneas and other ocular tissues for transplantation to recipients.

eye bank
Transplantation A repository of corneas obtained from decedents


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The Coroner's Office has come under fire for allowing a private eye bank to remove corneas from corpses for transplant procedures without first getting permission from the deceased person's family members.
from The University of California, Irvine, performed the first laser-enabled corneal transplant using customized, shaped corneal tissue prepared by Eye Bank professionals.
Even more surprising, the announcement specified that the Deng family wanted to respect the patriarch's wishes that his corneas be donated to an eye bank and body parts offered for medical research.
 
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