Keratonyxis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Keratonyxis \Ker`a*to*nyx"is\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + ?
     puncture.] (Med.)
     The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle
     through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque
     mass.
     [1913 Webster]