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EXTRACAPSULAR SURGERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("extracapsular surgery" is a kind of...):
cataract surgery (eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extracapsular surgery"):
phacoemulsification (extracapsular surgery for cataracts in which ultrasonic sound breaks the cortex and nucleus of the lens into small fragments that are then vacuumed away through a small tube)
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