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INTRAOCULAR LENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artificial lens that is implanted into the eye of someone to replace a damaged natural lens or someone who has had a cataract removed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("intraocular lens" is a kind of...):
lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)