iridectomize

[ir-i-dek-tuh-mahyz, ahy-ri-]

verb (used with object), ir·i·dec·to·mized, ir·i·dec·to·miz·ing. Surgery.

to perform an iridectomy on.

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Also especially British, ir·i·dec·to·mise.

Origin of iridectomize

First recorded in 1875–80; iridectom(y) + -ize

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