vitrectomy
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of vitrectomy
First recorded in 1965–70; vitr(eous humor) + -ectomy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The procedure begins with a vitrectomy, where the eye's vitreous gel is removed from between the lens and the retina.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
So, this week I had surgery to place medicine implants in my eyes and had a vitrectomy to drain out the polluted vitreous fluid in my eyeball and replace it with a clear solution.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
The treatment we received for our detached retina was an operation called a vitrectomy, which entails the removal of the vitreous humor from the eyeball’s posterior chamber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2015
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
