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Definition of Iridectomy
1. Noun. An eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye.
Definition of Iridectomy
1. n. The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
Definition of Iridectomy
1. Noun. (surgery) Removal of part or all of the iris of the eye ¹
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Medical Definition of Iridectomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Iridectomy
Literary usage of Iridectomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"H. KNA PP reviews the reasons for and against a preceding iridectomy in cataract
extraction. His conclusion is: " Simple extraction is an operation of the ..."
2. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1884)
"(rf) la glaucoma a timely and well-performed iridectomy causes In glaucoma,
instant and lasting diminution of tension and places the eye in coin- (e) I» ..."
3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"iridectomy cannot well be performed in nervous patients when an ... Sclerotomy can
be performed in less than half the time required for iridectomy. ..."
4. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"Glaucoma, when the anterior chamber is obliterated, and hence iridectomy has
become technically impossible (cases of glaucoma malignum and glaucoma ab- ..."
5. Ophthalmic surgery: A Handbook of the Surgical Operations on the Eyeball and by Josef Meller (1912)
"The indications for optical iridectomy are (i) perinuclear opacities of the lens in
... If the opacity only slightly interferes with sight iridectomy is not ..."
6. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"In the event of failure the prolapsed iris must be excised and the sclerotomy
converted into an iridectomy. Preceding the operation, eserin should be used ..."
7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"iridectomy.—Reasons for Performing iridectomy in the Operation for Extraction
... iridectomy enables the operator to remove the greater part of such residue ..."
8. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1861)
"Only remove the pressure, and the eye, if not already absolutely disorganized,
is perfectly cured by iridectomy alone. This doctrine appears to he so ..."
9. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"H. KNA PP reviews the reasons for and against a preceding iridectomy in cataract
extraction. His conclusion is: " Simple extraction is an operation of the ..."
10. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1884)
"(rf) la glaucoma a timely and well-performed iridectomy causes In glaucoma,
instant and lasting diminution of tension and places the eye in coin- (e) I» ..."
11. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"iridectomy cannot well be performed in nervous patients when an ... Sclerotomy can
be performed in less than half the time required for iridectomy. ..."
12. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"Glaucoma, when the anterior chamber is obliterated, and hence iridectomy has
become technically impossible (cases of glaucoma malignum and glaucoma ab- ..."
13. Ophthalmic surgery: A Handbook of the Surgical Operations on the Eyeball and by Josef Meller (1912)
"The indications for optical iridectomy are (i) perinuclear opacities of the lens in
... If the opacity only slightly interferes with sight iridectomy is not ..."
14. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"In the event of failure the prolapsed iris must be excised and the sclerotomy
converted into an iridectomy. Preceding the operation, eserin should be used ..."
15. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"iridectomy.—Reasons for Performing iridectomy in the Operation for Extraction
... iridectomy enables the operator to remove the greater part of such residue ..."
16. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1861)
"Only remove the pressure, and the eye, if not already absolutely disorganized,
is perfectly cured by iridectomy alone. This doctrine appears to he so ..."
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