orthokeratology

orthokeratology
/awr'thoh ker'euh tol"euh jee/, n. Ophthalm.
a technique for correcting refractive errors in vision by changing the shape of the cornea with the temporary use of progressively flatter hard contact lenses.
[1970-75; ORTHO- + KERATO- + -LOGY]

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