iridectomy

American  

[ir-i-dek-tuh-mee, ahy-ri-] / ˌɪr ɪˈdɛk tə mi, ˌaɪ rɪ- /

noun

Surgery.

plural

iridectomies

1. excision of part of the iris.

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iridectomy British  

/ ˌɪrɪˈdɛktəmɪ, ˌaɪ- /

noun

1. surgical removal of part of the iris

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Etymology

Origin of iridectomy

First recorded in 1850–55; irid- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

The treatment sometimes required for cases of old iritis is iridectomy.

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He also effected a great advance in ophthalmic surgery by his operation of iridectomy, described in 1728, for the treatment of certain forms of blindness by the production of an “artificial pupil.”

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Reasons for believing that of the better known procedures simple iridectomy is the least effective, while those interventions producing a large, thin, scleral filtration-cicatrix are the most valuable.

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Berncastle mentions a case of extraction of double cataract and double iridectomy for occluded pupils, which, after thirty years of blindness, resulted in the recovery of good sight.

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Laqueur's case continued of this character for six years, under the use of miotics, and then was cured by iridectomy, the cure remaining permanent with normal vision until his death after 30 years.

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