photocoagulation

[ foh-toh-koh-ag-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

/ ˌfoʊ toʊ koʊˌæg yəˈleɪ ʃən /

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noun

a surgical technique using an intense beam of light from a laser or a xenon-arc bulb to seal blood vessels or coagulate tissue, used primarily in ophthalmology to repair detached retinas or to treat certain kinds of retinopathy.

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Origin of photocoagulation

1960–65; photo- + coagulation

OTHER WORDS FROM photocoagulation

pho·to·co·ag·u·la·tive

[foh-toh-koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv], /ˌfoʊ toʊ koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv/, adjective

Words nearby photocoagulation

photochemical smog, photochemistry, photochromic, photochromy, photochronograph, photocoagulation, photocompose, photocomposer, photocomposition, photoconduction, photoconductive