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The term 'eye donation' and 'eye bank' refer to what ?

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Eye donation refers to transplating of lens and conea of a person soon after death in the eye of a needy person.
Eye bank is the place where eyes of the donors (after their death) are preservedtill the time they are transplanted.
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