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CATARACT SURGERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cataract surgery" is a kind of...):
eye operation; eye surgery (any surgical procedure involving the eyes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cataract surgery"):
intracapsular surgery (cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed)
extracapsular surgery (cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed; the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant)
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