phacocele

phacocele

 [fak´o-sēl] hernia of the eye lens.

phac·o·cele

(fak'ō-sēl), Hernia of the lens of the eye through the sclera. [phaco- + G. kēlē, hernia]

phac·o·cele

(fak'ō-sēl) Hernia of the lens of the eye through the sclera. [phaco- + G. kēlē, hernia]

phacocele 

Hernia of the crystalline lens through a rupture of the sclera near the limbus. It lodges underneath the conjunctiva. Syn. lenticele.