photocoagulation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

photo- +‎ coagulation

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

photocoagulation (countable and uncountable, plural photocoagulations)

  1. (medicine) A surgical procedure in which a tumour, or diseased retinal tissue, is destroyed by using a laser.

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