Ophthalmectomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The enucleation of the eyeball. countable, rare, uncountable
  2. 2
    surgical removal of an eye wordnet

Synonyms

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enucleation

Etymology

From ophthalmo- + -ectomy.

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