Photodisrupt

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause photodisruption

    "The best example of such an application is posterior capsulotomy, performed to photodisrupt the opacity that develops in the optical path, behind the plastic intraocular lens, after cataract surgery (Steinert and Puliafito, 1985)."

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"The best example of such an application is posterior capsulotomy, performed to photodisrupt the opacity that develops in the optical path, behind the plastic intraocular lens, after cataract surgery (Steinert and Puliafito, 1985)."

Etymology

From photo- + disrupt.

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