sclerectomy

[skli-rek-tuh-mee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

sclerectomies 

1. excision of part of the sclera.

2. removal of the adhesions formed in the middle ear during chronic otitis media.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sclerectomy¹

scler- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

I have seen even in America not a few people blind in both eyes who might have retained the sight of the second eye had the surgeon advised a double sclerectomy when he first saw the case, despite the fact that the second eye was then to all appearances non-glaucomatous.

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In cases of high tension, even a simple sclerectomy will allow ample filtration, owing to the gaping of the wound, while in cases without elevation of the tension, sclerectomy will be quite ineffectual.

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