sclerectomy
Americannoun
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excision of part of the sclera.
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removal of the adhesions formed in the middle ear during chronic otitis media.
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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.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.
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