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IRIDOTOMY

Dictionary entry overview: What does iridotomy mean?

• IRIDOTOMY (noun)
The noun IRIDOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat glaucoma

Familiarity information: IRIDOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• IRIDOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat glaucoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("iridotomy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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