capsulectomy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Noun[edit]
capsulectomy (plural capsulectomies)
- (surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
- 2015 August 1, “Long-Term Visual Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Children with Congenital Cataracts”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy.