Capsulectomy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant.
"All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy."
Example
More examples"All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy."
Etymology
From capsule + -ectomy.
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