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capsulectomy

noun

Etymology

From capsule + -ectomy.

  1. derived from capsula
  2. borrowed from capsule
  3. suffixed as capsulectomy — “capsule + ectomy”

Definitions

  1. The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant.

    • All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy.

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