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capsulectomy

noun

capsulectomy

noun

Etymology From capsule + -ectomy.

1

Medicine, Sciences, Surgery 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.2015 August 1, “Long-Term Visual Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Children with Congenital Cataracts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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