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eye bank

noun

Definition of EYE BANK

:  a storage place for human corneas from the newly dead for transplant to the eyes of those blind from corneal defects
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First Known Use of EYE BANK

1944
Medical Dictionary

eye bank

noun

Medical Definition of EYE BANK

:  a storage place for human corneas from the newly dead for transplanting to the eyes of those blind through corneal defects

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