Thinning in the 'Quiet' Eye When a patient presents with some thinning in his corneal periphery, one of the first questions physicians ask is whether or not the eye is inflamed. If it's not, ophthalmologists say you can then look for the following causes:
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Refutation(noun) the act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Origin: [L. refutatio: cf. F. rfutation.]
Refute is defined as to prove that something is false. An example of refute is to argue against the statement that the world is flat. refute. refute. To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof: refute testimony.