"eye bank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eye banks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eye bank (plural eye banks)
  1. (US) A reserve store of human corneas kept for treatment of the blind. Wikipedia link: eye bank Tags: US
    Sense id: en-eye_bank-en-noun-UTv0rbDR Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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