iridotomyn.
/ʌɪərɪˈdɒtəmi//ɪrɪˈdɒtəmi/ Section of the iris.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on the eye
couching1743
reclination1820
strabotomy1844
iridectomy1855
iridotomy1855
iridodesis1858
enucleation1867
peritomy1869
syndectomy1869
iridodialysis1876
sclerotomy1876
capsulotomy1877
needling1879
evisceration1883
cyclodialysis1908
vitrectomy1968
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 3 M. de Wecker of Paris..endeavoured to improve Mr. Bowman's operation by one which he called ‘iridotomy’.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. viii. 353 Double iridotomy is applicable to cases of closed pupil after cataract extraction.
Derivatives
iˈridotome n. ‘a knife devised by Sichel for excising the iris’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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