Definitions for eye bank
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
eye′ bank`(n.)
a place for the storage of corneas that have been removed from the eyes of people recently deceased, used for transplanting to the eyes of persons having corneal defects.
Origin of eye bank:
1940–45, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
eye bank(noun)
a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects
Wiktionary
eye bank(Noun)
a reserve store of human corneas kept for treatment of the blind
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