eye surgery
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1. any surgical procedure involving the eyes (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | cataract surgery, |
| definition | : | eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cyclodestructive surgery, |
| definition | : | an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | filtration surgery, |
| definition | : | eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | iridectomy, |
| definition | : | an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | iridotomy, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | keratotomy, |
| definition | : | surgical incision into the cornea (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | laser trabecular surgery, |
| definition | : | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | vitrectomy, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution (noun.act) |
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