| phacoemulsification |
Phacoemulsification refers to modern cataract surgery in which the human lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece which employsirrigation of balanced salt solution for aspiration of lens material as well as cooling the handpiece. The cataract is usually broken into two or four pieces and each piece is emulsified and aspirated out with suction. After removing all hard central lens nucleus with phacoemulsification,the softer outer lens cortex is removed with suction only. ...
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| phacoemulsification |
(fay-koh-ee-mul-sih-fih-KAY-shun). Use of ultrasonic vibration to shatter and break up a cataract, making it easier to remove.
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| phac(o)- |
a combining form denoting relationship (a) to a lens, as the crystalline lens, or (b) a mole, freckle or nevus, as in phacomatosis. See also words beginning phak(o)-.
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| phacoanaphylactic e. |
phacoantigenic uveitis.
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| phacoanaphylaxis |
hypersensitivity to the protein of the crystalline lens of the eye, induced by escape of material from the lens capsule.
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