sclerotomyn.
/sklɪəˈrɒtəmi/ Surgery.
Incision into the sclerotic coat of the eyeball; an operation of this kind.
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couching1743
reclination1820
strabotomy1844
iridectomy1855
iridotomy1855
iridodesis1858
enucleation1867
peritomy1869
syndectomy1869
iridodialysis1876
sclerotomy1876
capsulotomy1877
needling1879
evisceration1883
cyclodialysis1908
vitrectomy1968
1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 139 The operation of sclerotomy, as performed in the following cases, is a modification of that proposed by M. Quaglino of Pavia.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 535 A late sufferer from glaucoma, for whom two sclerotomies had been done elsewhere.
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