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sclerectomy

American  
[skli-rek-tuh-mee] / sklɪˈrɛk tə mi /

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.

Etymology

Origin of sclerectomy

scler- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

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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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