What does "aphakia" mean?

The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation.

Aphakia

noun

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Noun

1
The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation. countable, uncountable
2
absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts) wordnet

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative prefix) + φᾰκός (phăkós, “lentil”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, noun suffix). Equivalent to a- + phakia.