| CCRG | Cooperative Cataract Research Group (American) |
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| CE | California encephalitis; cardiac enlargement; cardioesophageal; carotid endarterectomy; catamenial e... |
| ECCE | extracapsular cataract extraction |
| ICCE | intracapsular cataract extraction |
| PSC | patient services coordination; Porter-Silber chromogen; posterior subcapsular cataract; primary scle... |
| laparoscopically assisted surgery | Operative procedure performed using combined laparoscopic and open techniques; most commonly applied to colon or small intestinal resections with anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| laparoscopic surgery | Operative procedure performed using minimally invasive surgical technique for exposure that avoids traditional incision. Visualization is achieved using a fibre optic instrument, usually attached to a video camera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laser surgery | A type of operation using the cutting powers of laser beams from various sources. The use of a laser either to vaporise surface lesions or to make bloodless cuts in tissue. It does not include the coagulation of tissue by laser (laser coagulation). (12 Dec 1998) |
| annular cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arborescent cataract | An obsolete term for dendritic cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atopic cataract | A cataract associated with atopic dermatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial cataract | A lenticular opacity in the visual axis of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black cataract | A cataract in which the lens is hardened and of a dark brown colour. In the 19th century, German black cataract meant gutta severa (q.v.). Synonym: cataracta brunescens, cataracta nigra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue cataract | Coronary cataract of bluish colour. Synonym: cataracta cerulea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacity affects the capsule only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsulolenticular cataract | A cataract in which both the lens and its capsule are involved. See: membranous cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactose cataract | A neonatal cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of galactose alcohol. See: galactosaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiation cataract | A cataract caused by excessive or prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays, X-rays, radium, beta rays, gamma rays, heat, or radioactive isotopes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular cataract | Congenital cataract in which the degenerated lens is replaced with mesodermal tissue. Synonym: cataracta adiposa, cataracta fibrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reduplicated cataract | A type of congenital cataract with opacities situated at various levels in the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |